CVE-2014-9556

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the qtmd_decompress function in libmspack 0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted CAB file, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected products

Libmspack Project Libmspack: 0.4

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62793
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:041
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/01/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/2
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773041
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62793
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:041
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/01/5

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