CVE-2017-14166

Publication date 6 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3736-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 13 August 2018

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