ghsa-xxc5-v9q5-vjpj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:27
Modified
2025-04-12 13:04
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-4302"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-09-21T14:25:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.",
  "id": "GHSA-xxc5-v9q5-vjpj",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:04:25Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:27:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4302"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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