UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9296

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9296
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9296.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9296
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:40Z
Published
2016-11-12T02:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:19:56.630949Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / p7zip

Package

Name
p7zip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/p7zip@16.02+dfsg-6?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
16.02+dfsg-6

Affected versions

16.*

16.02+dfsg-4
16.02+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "16.02+dfsg-6",
            "binary_name": "p7zip"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "16.02+dfsg-6",
            "binary_name": "p7zip-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "16.02+dfsg-6",
            "binary_name": "p7zip-full"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "16.02+dfsg-6",
            "binary_name": "p7zip-full-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}