CVE-2017-14166

libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c.

• CWE-125

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/06/libarchive-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-xml_data-archive_read_support_format_xar-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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