CVE-2016-4301
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- 2016-09-21T14:25:03Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T03:44:10.552300Z
- 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.
- References
-
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
- http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/715
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91328
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libarchive/libarchive
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
v2.*
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.7.0
v2.7.1
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.8.3
v2.8.4
v2.8.5
v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.4
v3.1.0
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.1.900a
v3.1.901a
v3.2.0
Database specific
vanir_signatures
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"id": "CVE-2016-4301-a01ffa10",
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"length": 1200.0
},
"deprecated": false,
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77",
"target": {
"function": "parse_device",
"file": "libarchive/archive_read_support_format_mtree.c"
},
"signature_type": "Function"
},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-4301-a29a59a4",
"digest": {
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],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"deprecated": false,
"signature_version": "v1",
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/a550daeecf6bc689ade371349892ea17b5b97c77",
"target": {
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},
"signature_type": "Line"
}
]