CVE-2016-4300
Detail
Deferred This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.
Description
Integer overflow in the read_SubStreamsInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 7zip file with a large number of substreams, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Metrics
CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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URL
Source(s)
Tag(s)
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
CERT/CC, CVE
Exploit
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
CERT/CC, CVE
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91326
CERT/CC, CVE
Third Party Advisory
VDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152/
CERT/CC, CVE
Exploit
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439
CERT/CC, CVE
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e79ef306afe332faf22e9b442a2c6b59cb175573
CERT/CC, CVE
Issue Tracking
Patch
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/718
CERT/CC, CVE
Issue Tracking
Patch
Third Party Advisory
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00062&languageid=en-fr
CERT/CC, CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
CERT/CC, CVE
Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
NIST
Change History
10 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 9:51:49 PM
Action
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Reference
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html
Added
Reference
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
Added
Reference
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Added
Reference
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Added
Reference
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91326
Added
Reference
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152/
Added
Reference
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439
Added
Reference
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e79ef306afe332faf22e9b442a2c6b59cb175573
Added
Reference
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/718
Added
Reference
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00062&languageid=en-fr
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 5/13/2024 11:58:55 PM
Action
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Old Value
New Value
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 11/03/2017 9:29:19 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 6/30/2017 9:29:46 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 12/21/2016 10:00:20 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00062&languageid=en-fr [No Types Assigned]
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 10/06/2016 9:59:26 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
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Reference
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
CVE Modified by CERT/CC 9/27/2016 10:00:59 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
New Value
Added
Reference
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
CVE Translated by NIST 9/22/2016 4:45:01 AM
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Modified Analysis by NIST 9/21/2016 12:06:18 PM
Action
Type
Old Value
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Added
CVSS V3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added
CVSS V2
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added
CWE
CWE-190
Added
CPE Configuration
Configuration 1
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Configuration 2
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed
Reference Type
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html No Types Assigned
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.html Third Party Advisory, Exploit
Changed
Reference Type
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html No Types Assigned
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Third Party Advisory
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91326 No Types Assigned
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91326 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed
Reference Type
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152/ No Types Assigned
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152/ Third Party Advisory, Exploit
Changed
Reference Type
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439 No Types Assigned
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439 Issue Tracking
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e79ef306afe332faf22e9b442a2c6b59cb175573 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e79ef306afe332faf22e9b442a2c6b59cb175573 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed
Reference Type
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/718 No Types Assigned
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/718 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
Initial CVE Analysis 9/21/2016 11:22:15 AM
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Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2016-4300 NVD
Published Date: 09/21/2016 NVD
Last Modified: 04/12/2025
Source: CERT/CC
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