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.
Published: 2017-09-17
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1600-1 libarchive security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4360-1 libarchive security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6004 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3859-1 libarchive vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00678}

epss

{'score': 0.00732}


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Libarchive Libarchive
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.816Z

Reserved: 2017-09-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14502

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-17T18:29:00.263

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

Link: CVE-2017-14502

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14502 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses