CVE-2008-5298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Published: 2008-12-01

Score: 2.1 Low

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:karakas-online:chm2pdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5275	chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47030

History

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Subscriptions

Karakas-online Chm2pdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-01T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.642Z

Reserved: 2008-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5298

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-01T15:30:03.860

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5298

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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