CVE-2016-8688

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8688
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8688.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8688
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-02-15T19:59:00.643Z
Modified
2026-05-13T12:00:34.168714858Z
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

The mtree bidder in libarchive 3.2.1 does not keep track of line sizes when extending the read-ahead, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, which triggers an invalid read in the (1) detectform or (2) bidentry function in libarchive/archivereadsupportformatmtree.c.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.2"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

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
Last affected
139d0576b51a253732a5ab1f66805dffbf8b00af
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_FIELD",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.2.1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.1.900a
v3.2.0
v3.2.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8688.json"