CVE-2016-8687
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8687
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8687.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8687
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-15T19:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T08:26:58.452790Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted non-printable multibyte character in a filename.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-bsdtar_expand_char-util-c/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377926
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037668
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
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
v3.2.1
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
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"signature_version": "v1",
"id": "CVE-2016-8687-2b8436e1",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a",
"target": {
"file": "tar/util.c"
},
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"274947236785517941576769110957933520277",
"162673665667336708429251698339556414402",
"30924440026046384237080647977686539477",
"6762232481255207823455611895071712144"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false
},
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"signature_version": "v1",
"id": "CVE-2016-8687-f2b8937e",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a",
"target": {
"file": "tar/util.c",
"function": "safe_fprintf"
},
"digest": {
"function_hash": "306124670893253162293110805501400168732",
"length": 1454.0
},
"signature_type": "Function",
"deprecated": false
}
]