CVE-2019-19221
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.09%libarchive - security update
Published: 11/21/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.4.2-r0
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.4.2-1
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.2.2-2+deb9u3
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.3.3-4+deb10u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |