CVE-2017-11124

Published: Jul 10, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

libxar.so in xar 1.6.1 has a NULL pointer dereference in the xar_unserialize function in archive.c.

Affected (1)

Products: Xar Project: Xar

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xar Project Xar	Version 1.6.1

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (6)

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/28/xar-null-pointer-dereference-in-xar_unserialize-archive-c/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/06/28/xar-null-pointer-dereference-in-xar_unserialize-archive-c/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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