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CVE-2017-14502 Details

Description

read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/875974 CVEIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]
CWE-193Off-by-one Error[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.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14502
NVD Published Date:
Sep 17, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-14502 Details - Not Deferred