CVE-2018-14681
High
CVE-2018-14681
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.
Exploit probability
3.8%
Published
July 28, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
14 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-14681
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://bugs.debian.org/904799
- https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/0b0ef9344255ff5acfac6b7af09198ac9c9756c8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260