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    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) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

    Published:May 29, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 21, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.01708
    CVSS Score:8.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libarchive
    Product
    Libarchive
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    CVE-2026-4426 (CVSS 6.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. An Undefined Behavior vulnerability exists in the zisofs decompression logic, …
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    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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