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CVE-2016-6250

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6250 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the ISO9660 writer component of libarchive versions prior to 3.2.1, impacting products like libarchive and Oracle Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating filename lengths during ISO9660 archive creation, leading to a buffer overflow. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.6 (High), it presents a low-complexity attack vector with high impact on availability and potential for limited confidentiality/integrity compromise. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0625 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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-2016-6250Low

libarchive: Buffer overflow when writing large iso9660 containers

May 29, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt
Issue Tracking
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/711
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-03
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1
Release Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3
Release Notes
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92036
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036431
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry