CVE-2011-1779 json
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application cras…
published 2012-04-13 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1777
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in libarchive 2.8.4 and 2.8.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1) TAR archive or (2) ISO9660 image.
Patch / fix
- libarchive Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.4-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1779
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1779 updated cvss 5.1
Libarchive multiple security issues
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchiveaffected: no fix available
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-1779
- NVD CVE-2011-1779
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