CVE-2016-5844

medium

Description

Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.

References

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350280

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036173

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91808

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

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html

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

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

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/717

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-6779

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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