UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4469

The chmdreadheaders function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 does not validate name lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CHM file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libmspack

Package

Name: libmspack
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmspack@0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.4-1

0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libmspack-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "libmspack0"
        }
    ]
}