UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12940

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12940
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12940.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12940
Upstream
Published
2017-08-18T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:22Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / unrar-nonfree

Package

Name
unrar-nonfree
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unrar-nonfree@1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*

1:5.3.2-1
1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "unrar",
            "binary_version": "1:5.3.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}