UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12942

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12942
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12942.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12942
Upstream
Published
2017-08-18T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:06Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / unrar-nonfree

Package

Name
unrar-nonfree
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unrar-nonfree@1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.3.2-1
1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1