Name: CVE-2017-12940: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12940, CWE-125, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.00448

libunrar.a in UnRAR before 5.5.7 has an out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade unrar-nonfree	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 18, 2017
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-arch/unrar.Upgrade app-arch/rar.	Oct 30, 2017	Aug 18, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade unrarUpgrade libunrar5_6_1Upgrade libunrar-devel	Apr 4, 2018	Aug 18, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 18, 2017

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CVSS Details

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