CVE-2016-8687

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted non-printable multibyte character in a filename.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

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

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037668
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-bsdtar_expand_char-util-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377926Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037668
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-bsdtar_expand_char-util-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377926Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Feb 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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