ubuntu-cve-2019-18408
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-10-24 14:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.1.2-5ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7"
          },
          {
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      },
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      },
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        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5",
        "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.2.2-3.1",
        "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1",
        "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2",
        "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3",
        "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-18408",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:07Z",
  "published": "2019-10-24T14:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18408"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=14689"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/b8592ecba2f9e451e1f5cb7ab6dcee8b8e7b3f60"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/compare/v3.3.3...v3.4.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4169-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18408"
    }
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-18408"
  ]
}



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