CVE-2017-14166
N/A
Published: September 6, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLibarchive
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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