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CVE-2017-14502
read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one...
Vulnerability 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.
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.
References
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
- https://bugs.debian.org/875974
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.3.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 17th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.