Critical severity · published Sep 3, 2017
CVE-2017-14122
unrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a stack-based buffer over-read in unrarlib.c, related to ExtrFile and stricomp
9.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
unrar 0.0.1 (aka unrar-free or unrar-gpl) suffers from a stack-based buffer over-read in unrarlib.c, related to ExtrFile and stricomp.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
UN
Unrar · Rarlab
0.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14122
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/20/1
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/874060
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00026.html
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