CVE-2016-7166
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7166
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7166.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7166
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-09-21T14:25:29Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T03:57:24.069295Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.
- References
-
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
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
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
{
"id": "CVE-2016-7166-331730fd",
"target": {
"file": "libarchive/archive_read.c"
},
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"322249619529619440321848821059704942456",
"204323184115947032942788606140734167829",
"53128830481938165057533978090971461410",
"210842141848661018861781229891885568107",
"92955886637755593085125416091092887801",
"39239856261147431992750255720530106608",
"219001906336049789283271144702296850611",
"300793396999789703062089561275547917723",
"50602967525767722369012125206287191903",
"101939981856117434506075189448118884993",
"41696469281611705517438622574604691789",
"93662261141235397336793541586627527916",
"14922624608788651983020252531567255043"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0",
"signature_type": "Line"
},
{
"id": "CVE-2016-7166-5a996891",
"target": {
"function": "choose_filters",
"file": "libarchive/archive_read.c"
},
"digest": {
"length": 1074.0,
"function_hash": "275373803838793477454246285970392479828"
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0",
"signature_type": "Function"
}
]