CVE-2018-1000878 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability (CWE-416) in libarchive versions 3.1.0 and later, specifically within its RAR decoder. This flaw affects various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the application. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk. It can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring user interaction (UI:R) where the victim opens a specially crafted RAR archive. While a crash/DoS is confirmed, the possibility of Remote Code Execution (RCE) remains unknown. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for the majority of reported vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.1.0, < 3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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