CVE-2016-4302

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow8 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Libarchive LibarchiveRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat Enterprise Linux HPC Node+5 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

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 Packages6 packages

▶Debianlibarchive< 3.2.1-1+3

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.2

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-xxc5-v9q5-vjpj: Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-4302: Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar↗2016-09-21
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OSV
CVE-2016-4302: Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar↗2016-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2016-07-14
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Red Hat
libarchive: Heap buffer overflow in the Rar decompression functionality↗2016-06-19
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Debian
CVE-2016-4302: libarchive - Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_f...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-4302 libarchive: Heap buffer overflow in the Rar decompression functionality↗2016-06-21
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CVE-2016-4302 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Heap-based buffer overflow in the p | cvebase.io