CVE-2011-1778 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libarchive

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
3.0%
top 13.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibarchiveDebian LibarchiveFreebsd Libarchive
Timeline
PublishedApr 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 2.8.5-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 2.8.5-5+3
▶NVDfreebsd/libarchive2.8.5+17

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j8fm-g3qm-7gm3: Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2011-1778: Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2↗2012-04-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2011-12-19
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Debian
CVE-2011-1778: libarchive - Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a d...↗2011
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Red Hat
Libarchive multiple security issues↗2010-12-30
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4024 squashfs-tools: remote arbitrary code execution via crafted list file↗2012-07-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-4666 CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 CVE-2011-1779 Libarchive multiple security issues [epel-5]↗2012-01-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-4666 CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 CVE-2011-1779 Libarchive multiple security issues [fedora-all]↗2011-05-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2010-4666 CVE-2011-1777 CVE-2011-1778 CVE-2011-1779 Libarchive multiple security issues↗2011-05-18
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