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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/875974Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/875974Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 17, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified