CVE Catalog
CVE-2017-12942
CriticalSummary
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.
Other vulnerabilities in libunrar.a
See all- CVE-2017-12941Critical
The libunrar.a library in UnRAR versions before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the Unpack::Unpack20 function.
- CVE-2017-12940Critical
The libunrar.a library in versions prior to 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode function, which is called within Archive::ReadHeader15.
Original NVD description (English source)
libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function.