PT-2005-3779 · Chmlib · Chmlib

Published 2005-10-28 · Updated 2011-08-02 · CVE-2005-2930

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 0.36

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the chm find in PMGL function in chm lib.c, which can be exploited by user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CHM file containing a long element.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.36, update to version 0.36 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2930

DSA-886-1

Affected Products

Chmlib

References · 10

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2930 · Vendor Advisory
• http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=332&type=vulnerabilities · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2930 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17775 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2930 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2930 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015120 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15234 · Patch
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/125 · Note