Vulnerability in FreeBSD Libarchive
CVE-2007-3641
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 does not properly compute the length of a certain buffer when processing a malformed pax extension header, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) PAX or (2) TAR archive that triggers a buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.074 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.074 · newest: 0.074 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35405 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455 (vendor-advisory)
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc (vendor-advisory)
- security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-07:05/libarchive.patch (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/26050 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24885 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- osvdb.org/38092 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-3641?
- CVE-2007-3641 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD Libarchive. Published 2007-07-14.
- Is CVE-2007-3641 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.