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CVE-2016-10209

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10209 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libarchive 3.2.2, specifically within the archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a specially crafted archive file. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libarchive
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libarchive

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10209Low

libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function

Dec 12, 2016

References

github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/842
ExploitIssue TrackingPatch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3736-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4360
securityfocus.com / bid/97327
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry