CVE-2017-14166

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    CVE-2017-14166

    Published: 6 Sept 2017Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 98a695399e8e7420635a5448aecde8b0a82fb83a
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.3.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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