CVE-2016-7166

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2016-09-21T14:25:29.833Z
Modified
2026-07-08T10:53:36.969870Z
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.

Database specific 
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            ],
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                },
                {
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                },
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                }
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            "source": "CPE_STRING"
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            ],
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            ],
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                {
                    "introduced": "7.2"
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                }
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        },
        {
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                },
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                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                },
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                    "introduced": "6.0"
                },
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                    "last_affected": "6.0"
                }
            ],
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            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
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
Last affected
74583ab6fdbf1a2837d8102c0075ff4eeeede320
Fixed
6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
Database specific 
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    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.1.901a"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.0.0a
v3.0.1b
v3.1.900a
v3.1.901a

Database specific

vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-08T10:53:36Z"
vanir_signatures 
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        "target": {
            "file": "libarchive/archive_read.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-7166-331730fd",
        "digest": {
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                "219001906336049789283271144702296850611",
                "300793396999789703062089561275547917723",
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                "41696469281611705517438622574604691789",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0"
    },
    {
        "target": {
            "function": "choose_filters",
            "file": "libarchive/archive_read.c"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-7166-5a996891",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "275373803838793477454246285970392479828",
            "length": 1074.0
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "source": "https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0"
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7166.json"