CVE-2008-5298

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Affected products

Karakas-Online Chm2Pdf: 0.9

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47030
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html

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