CVE-2016-6250

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    CVE-2016-6250

    Published: 21 Sept 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v3.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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