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    CVE-2016-7166

    libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

    Published:Feb 22, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 21, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00246
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libarchive
    Product
    Libarchive
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Hpc Node
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2026-14164 (CVSS 7.5) — A double free issue has been identified in libarchive's RAR5 reader. During parsing of a specially crafted RAR…
    CVE-2026-5745 (CVSS 5.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, spec…
    CVE-2026-5121 (CVSS 7.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the zisofs bloc…
    CVE-2026-4424 (CVSS 7.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAR archive processin…
    CVE-2026-4426 (CVSS 6.5) — A flaw was found in libarchive. An Undefined Behavior vulnerability exists in the zisofs decompression logic, …
    CVE-2025-60753 (CVSS 5.5) — An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/s…
    CVE-2025-5916 (CVSS 3.9) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can…
    CVE-2025-5918 (CVSS 3.9) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams ar…
    CVE-2025-5917 (CVSS 2.8) — A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculati…

    References

    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
    https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901
    https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0
    https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High