CVE-2019-19221

libarchive: out-of-bounds read in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · November 21, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

In Libarchive 3.4.0, archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c has an out-of-bounds read because of an incorrect mbrtowc or mbtowc call. For example, bsdtar crashes via a crafted archive.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read