CVE-2017-11124 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libxar.so in xar 1.6.1 has a NULL pointer dereference in the xar_unserialize function in archive.c.

Published: 2017-07-10

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xar_project:xar:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-2761	libxar.so in xar 1.6.1 has a NULL pointer dereference in the xar_unserialize function in archive.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00361.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/28/xar-null-pointer-dereference-in-xar_unserialize-archive-c/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/

History

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Subscriptions

Xar Project Xar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-10T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:57:57.975Z

Reserved: 2017-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11124

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-10T03:29:00.177

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11124

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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