Buffer overflow in FreeBSD Libarchive

CVE-2011-1777

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) heap_add_entry and (2) relocate_dir functions in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive through 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ISO9660 image.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.042 (90.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2011-1777: held from 0.042 to 0.042.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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