CVE-2018-18585

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

chmd_read_headers in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.8alpha accepts a filename that has '\0' as its first or second character (such as the "/\0" name).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2049Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/911637Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/8759da8db6ec9e866cb8eb143313f397f925bb4fExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-2/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-3/Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20181213-0002/Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2049Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/911637Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/8759da8db6ec9e866cb8eb143313f397f925bb4fExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-2/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3814-3/Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20181213-0002/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 23, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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