CVE-2017-5601

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Affected ranges

Type

GIT

Repo

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Events

Introduced

629358182b04d7de2316bbd29708c58ddf797fd2

Last Affected

629358182b04d7de2316bbd29708c58ddf797fd2

Fixed

98dcbbf0bf4854bf987557e55e55fff7abbf3ea9

Database specific

Show details

{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "3.2.2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "3.2.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.2

v3.*

v3.2.2

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5601.json"

vanir_signatures

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vanir_signatures_modified

"2026-08-07T14:48:59Z"