SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-36976

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.84%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.84% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
libarchive/libarchive · fedoraproject/fedora · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apple/macos · apple/watchos · splunk/universal forwarder
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.