CVE-2011-1779 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2011-1779

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR archive or (2) ISO9660 image.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libarchive
Vulnerable Versions:
2.8.4, 2.8.5

Timeline

Official Publish: April 13th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.