CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-1778

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2012-04-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-04-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• freebsd libarchive (<= 2.8.5) • freebsd libarchive 2.0 • freebsd libarchive 2.1 • freebsd libarchive 2.2 • freebsd libarchive 2.2.3 • freebsd libarchive 2.3 • freebsd libarchive 2.4 • freebsd libarchive 2.5 • freebsd libarchive 2.6 • freebsd libarchive 2.6.1 • freebsd libarchive 2.6.2 • freebsd libarchive 2.7.0 • freebsd libarchive 2.7.1 • freebsd libarchive 2.8.0 • freebsd libarchive 2.8.1 • freebsd libarchive 2.8.2 • freebsd libarchive 2.8.3 • freebsd libarchive 2.8.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References