CVE - CVE-2018-18586

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-18586	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files, leading to Directory Traversal. NOTE: the vendor disputes that this is a libmspack vulnerability, because chmextract.c was only intended as a source-code example, not a supported application.
References
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GENTOO:GLSA-201903-20 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20 MISC:https://bugs.debian.org/911639 MISC:https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/7cadd489698be117c47efcadd742651594429e6d MISC:https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181022	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181022)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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