CVE-2017-11423: Libmspack Project Libmspack

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.

Affected products

• Libmspack Project Libmspack: version 0.5 only

Published 2017-07-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.