CVE-2011-1778
N/A
Published: April 13, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibarchive
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=3160Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2413Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1507.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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