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CVE-2016-7166
libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% 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: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- RHSA-2016:1844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160908 Re: CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160908 CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 92901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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