CVE-2017-14166
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-09-06
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Affected products
References
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_x…
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
