CVE-2016-8688 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libarchive 3.2.1, specifically affecting the mtree bidder, and impacting products like libarchive leap and openSUSE. An attacker can trigger a crash by providing a crafted file, leading to an invalid read in the detect_form or bid_entry functions. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can result in high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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