Published: 20/09/2016 Updated: 01/07/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Memory leak in the __archive_read_get_extract function in archive_read_extract2.c in libarchive prior to 3.2.0 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service via a tar file.

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libarchive libarchive

A vulnerability was found in libarchive A specially crafted TAR file could cause the application to leak small amounts of memory, eventually leading to denial of service ...

CWE-119 https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/517 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91340 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-8929

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