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CVE-2017-14502
Published:September 17, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header.
Related Resources (9)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14502
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14502
https://bugs.debian.org/875974
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Off-by-one Error
CWE-193
Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-125
EPSS
Base Score:
1.20