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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14501

An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive 3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso file, related to archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-14501

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2017, 18:29 UTC

An out-of-bounds read flaw exists in parse_file_info in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c in libarchive 3.3.2 when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso file, related to archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header.

osv:CVE-2017-14501
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14501",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-14501",
    "products": [],
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        }
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:12.219024462Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/",
        "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/949",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-11",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/875966"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380134,
  "published_at": "2017-09-17T18:29:00.217+00:00"
}