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CVE-2020-21674

MEDIUM 6.5

Our Analysis: General Purpose

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Published Date October 15, 2020
Last Modified November 21, 2024
CVSS Vector Not Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in archive_string_append_from_wcs() (archive_string.c) in libarchive-3.4.1dev allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write in heap memory resulting into a crash) via a crafted archive file. NOTE: this only affects users who downloaded the development code from GitHub. Users of the product's official releases are unaffected.

Potentially Affected Vendors