CVE-2016-6250 (GCVE-0-2016-6250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-21 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-07-20 00:00
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