CVE-2015-4470 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted CAB archive due to an off-by-one error in libmspack.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-4470?
CVE-2015-4470 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Off-by-one error in the inflate function in mszipd.c in libmspack before 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB archive.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4470?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libmspack Project Libmspack.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4470?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-4470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4470, GHSA-4r29-8mxj-xp6m, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4470.