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8.6high

CVE-2016-6250

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.6
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.3%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036431 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92036 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1347085 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-03 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /libarchive/libarchive/issues/711 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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