CVE-2020-9308

HIGH

libarchive 3.4.0-3.4.1 - Out-of-bounds Write in RAR5 Header Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

archive_read_support_format_rar5.c in libarchive before 3.4.2 attempts to unpack a RAR5 file with an invalid or corrupted header (such as a header size of zero), leading to a SIGSEGV or possibly unspecified other impact.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1326
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=20459
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-28
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4293-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0070
EPSS Percentile 72.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (6)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
fedoraproject/fedora 31
fedoraproject/fedora 32
libarchive/libarchive 3.4.0 - 3.4.2
Published Feb 20, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026