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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-1778

CVE-2011-1778

Description

Buffer overflow in libarchive through 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TAR archive.

Affected products

18
  • FreeBSD/Libarchive18 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.8.5
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:libarchive:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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References

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