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CVE-2016-10350

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10350 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the archive_read_format_cab_read_header function within libarchive version 3.2.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) through a specially crafted file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but with low attack complexity (AC:L), leading to a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

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
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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-2016-10350Low

libarchive: Heap-based buffer over-read in the archive_read_format_cab_read_header function

Dec 6, 2016

References

github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/835
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-19
usn.ubuntu.com / 3736-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4360