Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2013-0211

Integer signedness error in the archive_write_zip_data function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on 64-bit machines, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers an improper conversion between unsigned and signed types, leading to a buffer overflow.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-0211 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from libarchive, from canonical, from opensuse and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-09-30T22:55:04.557

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	libarchive	libarchive	≤ 3.1.2	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	18	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	9.3	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101687.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101700.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101872.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101876.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:147 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58926 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035995 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902998 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22531545514043e04633e1c015c7540b9de9dbe4 Patch ([email protected])
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive.asc Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101687.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101700.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101872.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101876.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:147 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58926 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035995 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902998 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22531545514043e04633e1c015c7540b9de9dbe4 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive.asc Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For libarchive's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.