CVE-2019-19221

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLibarchive
PublishedNov 21, 2019
First seenNov 21, 2019

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
libarchive libarchive3.4.0—
debian debian_linux9.0, 10.0—
fedoraproject fedora32—
canonical ubuntu_linux16.04, 18.04, 19.10—

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