CVE-2017-14502

7.5 HIGH
Published: September 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/875974
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/875974
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

libarchive