CVE-2018-1000097

sharutils: heap-buffer-overflow in find_archive in unshar.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 21, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A heap-based out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Sharutils parsed archive files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash Unshar by tricking it into processing crafted archive files.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow