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CVE-2016-6250

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…

High8.6EPSS 6.3%
Published
Updated
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mitre

Description

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-6250, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High8.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.

Weakness

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Record last updated .