CVE-2015-4470 (GCVE-0-2015-4470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-11 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
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Summary
Off-by-one error in the inflate function in mszipd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB archive.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/775498 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/03/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72487 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2015-01-16 00:00
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