CVE-2017-12940
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
Description
libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function.
How to fix CVE-2017-12940
To remediate CVE-2017-12940, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/unrar-nonfree—upgrade to 1:5.5.8-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-12940 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:5.5.8-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |