vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3546-1 (CVE-2018-5345): gcab vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 11, 2018 | Jan 25, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 11, 2018
Added
Jan 25, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow within GNOME gcab through 0.7.4 can be exploited by malicious attackers to cause a crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code via a crafted .cab file.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-gcabubuntu-upgrade-libgcab-1-0-0
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