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.
Published: 2016-09-21
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3677-1 libarchive security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7180 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3225-1 libarchive vulnerabilities
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Libarchive Libarchive
Oracle Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.772Z

Reserved: 2016-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6250

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:19.847

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6250

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6250 - Bugzilla

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