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CVE-2005-3318
Buffer overflow in the _chm_decompress_block function in CHM lib (chmlib) before 0.37, as used in products such as KchmViewer, allows…
Medium5.1EPSS 3.8%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the _chm_decompress_block function in CHM lib (chmlib) before 0.37, as used in products such as KchmViewer, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2930.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- 20051026 chmlib exploitable buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 17480 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2207 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 15211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- chmlib-chmdecompressblock-bo(22885) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17325 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200511-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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