CVE-2019-11463

libarchive: memory leak in archive_read_format_zip_cleanup in archive_read_support_format_zip.c causing denial of service via crafted zip file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 28, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A memory leak in archive_read_format_zip_cleanup in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.3.4-dev allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted ZIP file because of a HAVE_LZMA_H typo. NOTE: this only affects users who downloaded the development code from GitHub. Users of the product's official releases are unaffected.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of libarchive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption