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CVE-2017-14166 Details

Description

libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/ CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11 CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/ CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libarchive libarchive
3.3.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14166
NVD Published Date:
Sep 6, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]