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CVE-2017-12940

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function.

Published

2017-08-18T14:29:00.437

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	rarlab	unrar	≤ 5.5.6	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/290 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10241 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-24 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)