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CVE-2016-5844

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5844 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the ISO parser of libarchive versions prior to 3.2.1, which also affects Oracle and Red Hat products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely with low complexity via a crafted ISO file, leading to a denial of service (application crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libarchive-0:2.8.3-7.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libarchive-0:3.1.2-10.el7_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5844Low

libarchive: undefined behaviour (integer overflow) in iso parser

Jun 24, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
Third Party Advisory
blog.fuzzing-project.org / 48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22
Exploit
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/717
Exploit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-03
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3657
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4
Mailing List
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91808
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036173
Third Party Advisory