{"id":"CVE-2017-11423","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11423","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:35:05.969Z","title":"The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.","description":"The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.","published":"2017-07-18T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["libmspack project/libmspack"],"epss":{"score":0.02067,"percentile":0.81293,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03698,"percentile":0.89253},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02067,"percentile":0.80556}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11423","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}