CVE-2019-19221

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    CVE-2019-19221

    Published: 21 Nov 2019Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RHFV25AVTASTWZRF3KTSL357AQ6TYHM4/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00020.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00030.html, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1276, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22b1db9d46654afc6f0c28f90af8cdc84a199f41, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4293-1/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 614110e76d9dbb9ed3e159a71cbd75fa3b23efe3
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.4.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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