7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-5601

Published: 27/01/2017 Updated: 30/11/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote malicious users to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #853278 libarchive: CVE-2017-5601 Package: src:libarchive; Maintainer for src:libarchive is Peter Pentchev <roam@debianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 05:54:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security, upstream Found in versions libarchive ...
libarchive could be made to crash, overwrite files, or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file ...
An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lhac) in libarchive 322 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive ...