CVE-2016-7166

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7166
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7166.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7166
Downstream
Published
2016-09-21T14:25:29.833Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:54:31.210368024Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

Database specific 
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "oracle:linux"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.2"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus"
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages