CVE-2005-3318

Description

Buffer overflow in the _chm_decompress_block function in CHM lib (chmlib) before 0.37, as used in products such as KchmViewer, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2930.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.96% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory sven-tantau.de

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0536.html	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17775	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2207	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15211	vdb entry patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22885	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/20335	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17325	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17776	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt	patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-23.xml	vendor advisory
http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/	patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3318?: CVE-2005-3318 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3318?: To fix CVE-2005-3318, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3318 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3318 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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