Buffer overflow in Jed Wing Chm Lib
CVE-2005-2930
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _chm_find_in_PMGL function in chm_lib.c for chmlib before 0.36, as used in products such as KchmViewer, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CHM file containing a long element, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3318.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jed Wing Chm Lib — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15234 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/125 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17775 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2249 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)