CVE-2017-14502
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-14502
To remediate CVE-2017-14502, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libarchive—upgrade to 3.3.3-r0 or later
- Debian/libarchive—upgrade to 3.2.2-4.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-14502 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.3.3-r0
- from 0, < 3.2.2-4.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |