Security advisory

{
  "id": "d08a18a1c5107c877a494ec5a7d589b663bc6ed544e47f946d4a32b05ebb38ea",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11423",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-11423",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11423",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-11423",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-11423"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kyz/libmspack",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "03296dd44347ab3111ba23b8e3945e2b537b6275"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "03296dd44347ab3111ba23b8e3945e2b537b6275"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libmspack_project:libmspack:0.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.5-alpha"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.5-alpha"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.5-alpha",
            "v0.5alpha"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-11423.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.174171014Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html",
        "https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16",
        "https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-11423",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439731,
  "published_at": "2017-07-18T20:29:00.263+00:00"
}