VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-7166
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-09-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory