CVE-2017-12940 — Out-of-bounds Read in Unrar

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read5 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Rarlab Unrar
Timeline
PublishedAug 18
Latest updateMay 14

Description

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDrarlab/unrar5.5.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7rmv-8xhh-9hgp: libunrar↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-12940: libunrar↗2017-08-18
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OSV
CVE-2017-12940: libunrar↗2017-08-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-12940: unrar-nonfree - libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName...↗2017
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CVE-2017-12940 — Out-of-bounds Read in Rarlab Unrar | cvebase