CVE-2016-4301 — 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-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
LibarchiveDebian Libarchive
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.1-1+3

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r3m8-9hr7-7xwr: Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-4301: Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree↗2016-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libarchive: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device↗2016-06-19
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Debian
CVE-2016-4301: libarchive - Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support...↗2016
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Talos
The Poisoned Archives↗2016-06-21
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Talos
The Poisoned Archives↗2016-06-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4301 libarchive: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device↗2016-06-21
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