CVE-2016-10209

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-04-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

Affected products

libarchive: 3.2.2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97327
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97327
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360

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