CVE-2006-3178

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib (chmlib) before 0.38 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a CHM archive containing files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.

Affected products

Jed Wing Chm Lib: through 0.37

References

http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/
http://secunia.com/advisories/20734
http://secunia.com/advisories/21406
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016343
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1144
http://www.osvdb.org/26636
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18511
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2430
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27278
http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/
http://secunia.com/advisories/20734
http://secunia.com/advisories/21406

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