CVE-2016-1925 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer underflow in header.c in lha allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large header size value for the (1) level0 or (2) level1 header in a lha archive, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Published: 2017-01-23

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lha_for_unix_project:lha_for_unix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3015	Integer underflow in header.c in lha allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large header size value for the (1) level0 or (2) level1 header in a lha archive, which triggers a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00938.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/18/8
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-42

History

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Subscriptions

Lha For Unix Project Lha For Unix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:40.408Z

Reserved: 2016-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1925

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:01.050

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-1925

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-191

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