Description
libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- LIBARCHIVE
- Published
- 7/20/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
libarchive : libarchivefedoraproject : fedoraapple : ipadosapple : iphone_osapple : macosapple : watchossplunk : universal_forwardersplunk : universal_forwardersplunk : universal_forwarder
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