CVE-2016-8689

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8689
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-15T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-30T11:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/7f17c791dcfd8c0416e2cd2485b19410e47ef126 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377925 Issue Tracking Patch
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8689
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8689
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:57:31 2017-02-15T19:59Z 2017-02-15T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:31 2018-11-30T11:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:31 Modified Vulnerability Status updated