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CVE-2017-6419 Detail

Current Description

mspack/lzxd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CHM file.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/06/2017
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11701 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/varsleak/varsleak-vul/blob/master/clamav-vul/heap-overflow/clamav_chm_crash.md Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/a83773682e856ad6529ba6db8d1792e6d515d7f1 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:libmspack_project:libmspack:0.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6419
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2017
NVD Last Modified:
10/21/2018