Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder of libarchive
CVE-2018-1000878

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Libarchive

Status
Libarchive
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 December 2018

What is CVE-2018-1000878?

libarchive versions from commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards, starting with release v3.1.0, contain a vulnerability in the RAR decoder that can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. Exploitation of this vulnerability may occur when a victim opens a specially crafted RAR archive. There is currently no available information regarding the potential for Remote Code Execution (RCE) exploits related to this issue.

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References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg0...
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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