Security advisory

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  "id": "840758c2dddbe278d1c175f7a699333b8bea5b7d83efedb67276942e70c970e5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000880",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-1000880",
    "summary": "libarchive version commit 9693801580c0cf7c70e862d305270a16b52826a7 onwards (release v3.2.0 onwards) contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in WARC parser - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_warc.c, _warc_read() that can result in DoS - quasi-infinite run time and disk usage from tiny file. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted WARC file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000880",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-1000880",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-1000880"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "167e97be1d35c1e0947d768adbf94712244aad6b"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "614110e76d9dbb9ed3e159a71cbd75fa3b23efe3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.3.3",
            "v3.3.2",
            "v3.3.1",
            "v3.3.0",
            "v3.2.2",
            "v3.2.1",
            "v3.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1000880.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:20.570669889Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/",
        "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360",
        "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909",
        "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/9c84b7426660c09c18cc349f6d70b5f8168b5680"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "14.04"
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                  {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
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                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  },
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                    "introduced": "18.04"
                  },
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                    "last_affected": "18.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "18.10"
                  },
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
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              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "29"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "29"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "30"
                  },
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                    "last_affected": "30"
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-1000880",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380287,
  "published_at": "2018-12-20T17:29:01.3+00:00"
}