CVE-2016-8689
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- 2017-02-15T19:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T08:26:56.311154Z
- 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
-
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
-
- 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://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
[
{
"signature_type": "Line",
"id": "CVE-2016-8689-19b45b2c",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c"
},
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"157037618978391123285639757932066924237",
"166863411234747209834058080255525632810",
"192464399052480889764670095977195284470",
"295732952926108721062019113579257422153",
"182396421154812844992993344298229879424",
"300801171630341764623871758928002211620",
"119762722782135306692079295434236490266",
"21788866508498156703847712181476593668",
"182396421154812844992993344298229879424",
"261953609013372648165154640411380648874",
"324762912932662515571855541496652978406",
"293273024796366855591565703820986154550",
"227203970690184960529214037010221107866",
"20005538307168604969002149341319917181",
"2471042211220138310235073758483605891",
"128876164368126302849426020007530407030",
"240098865638002562186562575128383846858",
"272954070248451323422426486014747725758",
"279728878458514668479580720022030562040"
]
},
"deprecated": false
},
{
"signature_type": "Function",
"id": "CVE-2016-8689-3c1716a7",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"function": "read_Header",
"file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_7zip.c"
},
"digest": {
"function_hash": "298393214665900309381910687314512401203",
"length": 6340.0
},
"deprecated": false
}
]