CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-12942

Critical
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The libunrar.a library in versions before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.

Risk Assessment

The buffer overflow may lead to the execution of malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the libunrar.a library to version 5.5.7 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS