CVE-2017-11190: rarzilla unrar-free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11190 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in rarzilla unrar-free. EPSS estimates a 1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-07-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

unrarlib.c in unrar-free 0.0.1, when _DEBUG_LOG mode is enabled, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an RAR archive containing a long filename.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.