CVE-2016-8689
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8689
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8689.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8689
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-15T19:59:00.703Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T21:01:01.767083Z
- Severity
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- 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
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The readHeader function in archivereadsupportformat_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip archive.
- References
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
- 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-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c/
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected