CVE-2016-1541

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

Affected products

libarchive: through 3.1.901a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656

Get alerted when CVE-2016-1541 or the next vulnerability affects your stack