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ALPINE-CVE-2017-14502

ALPINE-CVE-2017-14502 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive 3.3.2 suffers from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.9libarchive3.0.4-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.8libarchive0, 3.3.2-r1, 3.2.2-r1
Alpine:v3.7libarchive0, 0, 3.3.2-r2

Timeline

  • Sep 17, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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