CVE-2017-14166
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 2.3%libarchive - security update
Published: 9/6/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (3)
- Alpine/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.3.2-r1
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.2.2-3.1
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.0.4-3+wheezy6+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |