CVE-2019-18408
archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.
02 Description
archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-24 13:37Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9734438b2205b5dfd9c4681f9518ea20926230dd940e7308f1ca368693a567fb
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14689
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b8592ecba2f9e451e1f5cb7ab6dcee8b8e7b3f60
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/compare/v3.3.3...v3.4.0
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191026 [SECURITY] [DLA 1971-1] libarchive security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00034.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4169-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4169-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4557https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4557
- seclists.org20191104 [SECURITY] [DSA 4557-1] libarchive security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/2
- support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52144175?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2615http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2632http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0246https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0246
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0271https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0271
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0203https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0203
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-28
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-71b2273a9fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6LZ4VJGTCYEJSDLOEWUUFG6TM4SUPFSY/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libarchive Fixed in 3.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libarchive Fixed in 3.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libarchive Fixed in 3.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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