CVE-2008-5298

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47030

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735

http://secunia.com/advisories/43109

http://secunia.com/advisories/32257

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS