SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-18584

In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.09%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.09% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
cabextract project/cabextract · libmspack project/libmspack · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · suse/linux enterprise server · starwindsoftware/starwind virtual san
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.