Out-of-Bounds Affecting unrar-nonfree package, versions <1:5.5.8-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-UNRARNONFREE-309935
  • published18 Aug 2017
  • disclosed18 Aug 2017

Introduced: 18 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable unrar-nonfree to version 1:5.5.8-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unrar-nonfree package and not the unrar-nonfree package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.