CVE-2015-4468

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the search_chunk function in chmd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CHM file.

Affected products

Libmspack Project Libmspack: through 0.4-3

References

http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/libmspack.git/diff/debian/patches/fix-pointer-arithmetic-overflow.patch?id=a25bb144795e526748b57884daf365732c7e2295
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/03/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72486
https://bugs.debian.org/774726
http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/libmspack.git/diff/debian/patches/fix-pointer-arithmetic-overflow.patch?id=a25bb144795e526748b57884daf365732c7e2295
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/03/11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72486
https://bugs.debian.org/774726

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