8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-1000878
Libarchive RAR Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder - libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c that can result in Crash/DoS - it is unknown if RCE is possible. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a specially crafted RAR archive.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 20, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:51 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-1000878 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000878 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Libarchive libarchive
: Total Affected Vendor : 6 | Products : 8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-1000878.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000878 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000878 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00012.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3698 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1.0 up to (excluding) 3.4.0
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2298 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00055.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CBOCC2M6YGPZA6US43YK4INPSJZZHRTG/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/W645KCLWFDBDGFJHG57WOVXGE62QSIJI/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZVXA7PHINVT6DFF6PRLTDTVTXKDLVHNF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105/commits/bfcfe6f04ed20db2504db8a254d1f40a1d84eb28 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/+bug/1794909 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1105 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3859-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106324 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-1000878 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-1000878 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.84 }} -0.06%

score

0.82385

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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