GHSA-vg7w-5p64-2q65

GHSA-vg7w-5p64-2q65 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)

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