CVE-2017-11190

Publication date 12 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

unrarlib.c in unrar-free 0.0.1, when _DEBUG_LOG mode is enabled, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an RAR archive containing a long filename.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
unrar-free	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

debug code is not enabled in build

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H