CVE-2018-1000879

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

3%p88

Published

Dec 20, 2018 (Dec 20, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

libarchive version commit 379867ecb330b3a952fb7bfa7bffb7bbd5547205 onwards (release v3.3.0 onwards) contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l() that can result in Crash/DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted archive file.

Vendors: libarchive fedoraproject opensuse
Products: libarchive, fedora, leap
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.4%)

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