CVE-2017-14502

Published: Sep 17, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Libarchive: Libarchive

Libarchive

1 product

Libarchive

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libarchive Libarchive	Version 3.3.2

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

CWE-193

Off-by-one Error

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

References (14)

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.debian.org/875974

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=573