DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9296

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9296
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9296.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9296
Upstream
Published
2016-11-12T02:59:04Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:50Z
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

A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / p7zip

Package

Name
p7zip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/p7zip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.02+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / p7zip

Package

Name
p7zip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/p7zip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.02+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / p7zip

Package

Name
p7zip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/p7zip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.02+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}