CVE-2017-12942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.

Published: 2017-08-18

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rarlab:unrar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-4466	libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.

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 0.00479.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Rarlab Unrar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-18T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.386Z

Reserved: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12942

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-18T14:29:00.657

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

Link: CVE-2017-12942

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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