CVE-2016-5844
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5844
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5844.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5844
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:16Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T08:16:12.582842Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.
- References
-
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91808
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036173
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350280
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/717
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
v2.*
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.7.0
v2.7.1
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.8.3
v2.8.4
v2.8.5
v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.4
v3.1.0
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.1.900a
v3.1.901a
v3.2.0
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
{
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"function": "choose_volume",
"file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c"
},
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22",
"digest": {
"length": 1894.0,
"function_hash": "309817211665878327421998864817834101098"
},
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2016-5844-551aa48b",
"signature_type": "Function"
},
{
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c"
},
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22",
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"287042840477540275625850996134666006298",
"87990772638453445820226490349349017729",
"312159165154221987531715771017557086519",
"128458302336956338563818647561733167893",
"22510921523173158530949685053004073533",
"22022931925010635123919134066395979860",
"104039671055020794243656096233377259206",
"169900654792378509325950266459606794229"
]
},
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2016-5844-ce79393a",
"signature_type": "Line"
}
]