unshield through 1.6.2 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unshield_get_file_table() that allows attackers to read past heap allocations via unchecked cabinet header offsets. Attackers can supply a crafted InstallShield cabinet with out-of-range file_table_offset or large file counts to crash the unshield tool or library consumers.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-3a7914c436 advisory.

    Validate the file table against the header size

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-1a569ece37 advisory.

    Validate the file table against the header size

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d79a7cf59b advisory.

    Validate the file table against the header size

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - unshield through 1.6.2 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unshield_get_file_table() that     allows attackers to read past heap allocations via unchecked cabinet header offsets. Attackers can supply     a crafted InstallShield cabinet with out-of-range file_table_offset or large file counts to crash the     unshield tool or library consumers. (CVE-2026-110716)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
376138	Fedora 43 : unshield (2026-3a7914c436)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
376130	Fedora 44 : unshield (2026-1a569ece37)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
374655	Fedora 45 : unshield (2026-d79a7cf59b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
366469	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-110716	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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