CVE-2017-14503

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-09-16
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1494449: CVE-2017-14503 libarchive: Out-of-bounds read in lha_read_data_none

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive, related to lha_crc16.

Find out more about CVE-2017-14503 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libarchive Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive Will not fix

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