CVE-2016-9296

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
7-zip
Status
P7zip
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 November 2016

Summary

A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/
x_refsource_MISC
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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