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CVE-2018-14681 Detail

Current Description

An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  07/28/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327
https://bugs.debian.org/904799 Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/0b0ef9344255ff5acfac6b7af09198ac9c9756c8 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14681
NVD Published Date:
07/28/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/31/2018