Out-of-Bounds Affecting libarchive package, versions [0,3.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBARCHIVE-2318938
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 May 2017

CVE-2016-10350  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

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