PT-2005-1092 · Kchmviewer+1 · Kchmviewer+1

Sven Tantau · Published 2005-10-27 · Updated 2017-07-19 · CVE-2005-3318

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions chmlib versions prior to 0.37.4 KchmViewer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the chm decompress block function in CHM lib (chmlib), which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This can lead to a violation of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For chmlib versions prior to 0.37.4, update to version 0.37.4 or later to resolve the issue. For KchmViewer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09485

CVE-2005-3318

DSA-886-1

Affected Products

Kchmviewer

Chmlib

References · 19

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3318 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3318 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17325 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17776 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15211 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3318 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-23.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09485 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17775 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2207 · Note