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CVE-2017-11423

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.

Affected products

• Libmspack Project Libmspack: 0.5-alpha

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
• https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873
• https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
• https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873
• https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16

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