CVE-2016-4301
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4301
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4301.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4301
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:03.377Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-17T07:24:04.876118Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsedevice function in archivereadsupportformat_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.
- References
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- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected