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CVE-2016-4302

high

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03141