Buffer overflow in libarchive - CVE-2010-4666
Published: April 13, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44134
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4666
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libarchive
Affected software:
libarchive
libarchive
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CAB file, which is not properly handled during the reading of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4666
Install update from vendor's website.