Name: CVE-2010-4666: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2012-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2010-4666, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00426

Buffer overflow in libarchive 3.0 pre-release code allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted CAB file, which is not properly handled during the reading of Huffman code data within LZX compressed data.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade libarchive	Jul 30, 2024	Apr 13, 2012
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-arch/libarchive.	Oct 30, 2017	Apr 13, 2012
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Dec 30, 2010

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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