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CVE-2017-5601

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive.

Affected products

• libarchive: 3.2.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95837
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037974
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/98dcbbf0bf4854bf987557e55e55fff7abbf3ea9
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
• https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2017-3/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95837
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037974
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/98dcbbf0bf4854bf987557e55e55fff7abbf3ea9
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
• https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2017-3/

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