CVE-2016-7166
- 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
- 2026-08-03T14:23:39.311725Z
- 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
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "extracted_events": [ { "last_affected": "3.1.901a" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE", "vendor_product": "libarchive:libarchive", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "6" }, { "last_affected": "6" }, { "introduced": "7" }, { "last_affected": "7" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "oracle:linux", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" }, { "introduced": "6.0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" }, { "introduced": "6.0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node", "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": [ { "introduced": "7.2" }, { "last_affected": "7.2" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" }, { "introduced": "6.0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.2" }, { "last_affected": "7.2" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.2" }, { "last_affected": "7.2" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "7.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.0" }, { "introduced": "6.0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING", "vendor_product": "redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }, { "extracted_events": [ { "fixed": "3.2.0" } ], "source": "DESCRIPTION" } ] }- References
-
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7166.json"
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-08-03T14:23:39Z"
vanir_signatures
[
{
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"322249619529619440321848821059704942456",
"204323184115947032942788606140734167829",
"53128830481938165057533978090971461410",
"210842141848661018861781229891885568107",
"92955886637755593085125416091092887801",
"39239856261147431992750255720530106608",
"219001906336049789283271144702296850611",
"300793396999789703062089561275547917723",
"50602967525767722369012125206287191903",
"101939981856117434506075189448118884993",
"41696469281611705517438622574604691789",
"93662261141235397336793541586627527916",
"14922624608788651983020252531567255043"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0",
"target": {
"file": "libarchive/archive_read.c"
},
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2016-7166-331730fd",
"signature_version": "v1",
"signature_type": "Line"
},
{
"digest": {
"function_hash": "275373803838793477454246285970392479828",
"length": 1074.0
},
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0",
"target": {
"file": "libarchive/archive_read.c",
"function": "choose_filters"
},
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2016-7166-5a996891",
"signature_version": "v1",
"signature_type": "Function"
}
]