CVE-2016-10350 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libarchive

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
LibarchiveDebian Libarchive
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cab.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.2-3.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.2-3.1+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-427r-2w75-m4g4: The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cab↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2018-08-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-10350: The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cab↗2017-05-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2018-08-13
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Red Hat
libarchive: Heap-based buffer over-read in the archive_read_format_cab_read_header function↗2016-12-06
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Debian
CVE-2016-10350: libarchive - The archive_read_format_cab_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10349 CVE-2016-10350 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10349 CVE-2016-10350 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10350 libarchive: Heap-based buffer over-read in the archive_read_format_cab_read_header function↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10349 CVE-2016-10350 CVE-2017-14166 CVE-2017-14501 CVE-2017-14502 CVE-2017-14503 libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-05-10
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