{"id":"USN-3546-1","summary":"gcab vulnerability","details":"Richard Hughes discovered that gcab incorrectly handled certain malformed\ncabinet files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\nspecially crafted cabinet file, a remote attacker could use this issue to\ncause gcab to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:42:54.890435Z","published":"2018-01-24T18:00:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5345"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-5345","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5345"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3546-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5345"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gcab","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gcab@0.7-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["0.6-1","0.6-1ubuntu1","0.7-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gcab","binary_version":"0.7-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-libgcab-1.0","binary_version":"0.7-1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libgcab-1.0-0","binary_version":"0.7-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3546-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-5345","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}