CVE-2013-0211
Integer signedness error in the archive_write_zip_data function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on 64-bit machines, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, which triggers an improper conversion between unsigned and signed types, leading to a buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0246)
- Published
- September 30, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0246 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- freebsd / freebsd
- libarchive / libarchive
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101687.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101700.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101872.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101876.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:147(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58926
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035995(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902998(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/22531545514043e04633e1c015c7540b9de9dbe4(Patch)
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:23.libarchive.asc(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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