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
- 2025-07-01T03:27:53.393215Z
- 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
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- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377926
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037668
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8687
Affected packages
Debian:11 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source
Debian:12 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source
Debian:13 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source