CVE-2016-4301

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4301
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4301.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4301
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-09-21T14:25:03.377Z
Modified
2026-08-04T14:16:29.040145Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parsedevice function in archivereadsupportformat_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "3.2.0"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "libarchive:libarchive"
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "3.2.1"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.1.900a
v3.2.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4301.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-04T14:16:29Z"
vanir_signatures 
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    {
        "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "target": {
            "file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c",
            "function": "parse_device"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "length": 1200.0,
            "function_hash": "143880382356209121767910816968035344580"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "id": "CVE-2016-4301-a01ffa10"
    },
    {
        "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "256043876767270418904297835359534923798",
                "91329263999826924697751733287766333439",
                "71987806477731583715113700319021518074",
                "12951000263240183234741530784948320872",
                "268925389337664992361160509756681494806",
                "82969020618302814993115308206227565712",
                "306280799597300011176829409968343651528",
                "267811399157000271953658977092283303999",
                "183716102513812745322458601358956163440"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "id": "CVE-2016-4301-a29a59a4"
    }
]