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CVE-2016-5844

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.

Affected products

• libarchive: through 3.2.0
• Oracle Corporation Oracle Linux: 6, 7
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus: 7.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4
• 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/91808
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036173
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/48-Out-of-bounds-read-and-signed-integer-overflow-in-libarchive.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350280
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3ad08e01b4d253c66ae56414886089684155af22

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