CVE-2005-2659 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the LZX decompression in CHM Lib (chmlib) 0.35, as used in products such as KchmViewer, has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2005-11-16

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jed_wing:chm_lib:0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-886-1	New chmlib packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2660	Buffer overflow in the LZX decompression in CHM Lib (chmlib) 0.35, as used in products such as KchmViewer, has unknown impact and attack vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00998.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2005/09/12/0010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17325
http://secunia.com/advisories/17494
http://secunia.com/advisories/17775
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-886
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15338

History

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Subscriptions

Jed Wing Chm Lib

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2005-11-16T07:37:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:01.318Z

Reserved: 2005-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2659

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-16T07:42:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2659

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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