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.

Database specific

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            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "14.04"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "16.04"
                },
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                    "last_affected":  "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
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            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "9.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        }
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Events

Introduced

98a695399e8e7420635a5448aecde8b0a82fb83a

Last Affected

98a695399e8e7420635a5448aecde8b0a82fb83a

Fixed

fa7438a0ff4033e4741c807394a9af6207940d71

Database specific

Show details

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    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "3.3.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "3.3.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.2

v3.*

v3.3.2

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14166.json"

vanir_signatures

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-08-07T14:59:17Z"