CVE-2016-8689

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_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.

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-125

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
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126Issue 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
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-read_header-archive_read_support_format_7zip-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126Issue 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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