CVE-2016-8687

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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
2025-09-16T06:32:32.065999Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a

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": [
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "274947236785517941576769110957933520277",
                    "162673665667336708429251698339556414402",
                    "30924440026046384237080647977686539477",
                    "6762232481255207823455611895071712144"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "id": "CVE-2016-8687-2b8436e1",
            "target": {
                "file": "tar/util.c"
            }
        },
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1a",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "306124670893253162293110805501400168732",
                "length": 1454.0
            },
            "id": "CVE-2016-8687-f2b8937e",
            "target": {
                "file": "tar/util.c",
                "function": "safe_fprintf"
            }
        }
    ]
}