CVE-2016-8689 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the libarchive library, specifically within the read_Header function when processing 7zip archives. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by crafting a 7zip archive with multiple EmptyStream attributes in its header, affecting products like libarchive leap and opensuse libarchive. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits or Metasploit modules available, and it has received minimal 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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