ALPINE-CVE-2018-18584

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-18584
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-18584.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-18584
Upstream
Published
2018-10-23T02:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-26T00:08:30.789244Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1
1.6-r2
1.7-r0

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0

Alpine:v3.11

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1
1.6-r2
1.7-r0

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0

Alpine:v3.6

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0

Alpine:v3.7

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0

Alpine:v3.8

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1
1.6-r2

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0

Alpine:v3.9

cabextract

Package

Name
cabextract
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cabextract?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-r0
1.2-r1
1.3-r0
1.3-r1
1.4-r0
1.4-r1
1.6-r0
1.6-r1
1.6-r2
1.7-r0

libmspack

Package

Name
libmspack
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/libmspack?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8_alpha-r0

Affected versions

0.*

0.5_alpha-r1
0.7.1_alpha-r0