CVE-2006-3178

EPSS 2.1%

chmlib - missing input sanitising

Published: 6/23/2006Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3178

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib (chmlib) before 0.38 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a CHM archive containing files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/chmlibfrom 0, < 0.38-1
Debian/chmlibfrom 0, < 0.35-6sarge3

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3178