# 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 attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-10-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0536.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17775
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2207
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22885
- http://www.osvdb.org/20335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17776
- http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/chmlib/chmlib_20051126.txt
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-23.xml
- http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/

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