PT-2017-1000
CVE-2017-14502
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Published
2017-02-08
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Updated
2021-08-17
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libarchive version 3.3.2
Description
The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the
read header function for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read. This could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to information.Recommendations
For version 3.3.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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