CVE-2017-14503
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.66%
Description
libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive, related to lha_crc16.
How to fix CVE-2017-14503
To remediate CVE-2017-14503, 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-2017-14503 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, 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 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |