CVE-2016-7166

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Timeline

Published: Sep 21, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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