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CVE-2017-14502

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14502 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting libarchive versions 3.3.2 and earlier, specifically within the archive_read_support_format_rar.c component when processing UTF-16 names in RAR archives. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this flaw can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libarchive-0:3.3.3-1.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libarchive

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14502Moderate

libarchive: Off-by-one error in the read_header function

Sep 16, 2017

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / 875974
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/commit/5562545b5562f6d12a4ef991fae158bf4ccf92b6
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-11
usn.ubuntu.com / 3859-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4360