CVE-2011-1778
Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.20% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- freebsd/libarchive
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=3160
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48034
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2413
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1507.html
- http://code.google.com/p/libarchive/source/detail?r=3160
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48034
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2413
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705849
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1507.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.