CVE-2017-14166

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLibarchive
PublishedSep 6, 2017
First seenSep 6, 2017

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libarchive libarchive3.3.2—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04—

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