CVE-2021-36976
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.19%libarchive - security update
Published: 7/20/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.5.3-r0
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.4.3-2+deb11u2
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.4.3-2+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |