Vulnerability in FreeBSD Libarchive
CVE-2007-3644
archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 2.2.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via (1) an end-of-file condition within a pax extension header or (2) a malformed pax extension header in an (a) PAX or a (b) TAR archive.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:05.libarchive.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/970849 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2521 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1455 (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)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35402 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-03.xml (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-3644?
- CVE-2007-3644 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD Libarchive. Published 2007-07-14.
- Is CVE-2007-3644 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.