ubuntu-cve-2018-1000877
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-12-20 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar->lzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
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          },
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          },
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          }
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
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          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
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          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
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      },
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-415: Double Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c, parse_codes(), realloc(rar-\u003elzss.window, new_size) with new_size = 0 that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000877",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:48Z",
  "published": "2018-12-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000877"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3859-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000877"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-1000877"
  ]
}



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