CVE-2011-1778 in libarchive

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/19/2011
• Disclosure: 04/13/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-60597
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.03024
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1778
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1778
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2011-1778/