Description
A flaw was found in file-roller. When opening or extracting a malicious 7z or RAR archive containing a file entry with an excessively long path, file-roller's progress-line parsing copies the path into a fixed-size stack buffer using an unbounded string copy. This can trigger a stack buffer overflow and cause file-roller to terminate, resulting in a denial of service. To exploit this flaw, a victim must open or extract the crafted archive using file-roller.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | file-roller | 44.7-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | file-roller | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | file-roller | 43.1-150600.3.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4007-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | file-roller | 3.20.3-15.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3960-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | file-roller | 44.5-bp160.2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21667-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | file-roller +1 | 3.28.1-2.amzn2.0.1 | ALAS2-2026-4050 |
Advisories 4
- ALAS2-2026-4050 Low: file-roller security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Nov 2, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:4007-1 Security update for file-roller SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 13, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:3960-1 Security update for file-roller SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 13, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21667-1 Security update for file-roller SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 28, 2026