CVE-2016-8687 — 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-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow17 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LibarchiveDebian LibarchiveApple IOS+4 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted non-printable multibyte character in a filename.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶debiandebian/libarchive< libarchive 3.2.1-5 (bookworm)
▶Debianlibarchive/libarchive< 3.2.1-5+3
▶Ubuntulibarchive/libarchive< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4+1
▶Appleapple/ios10.2.1

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: blogs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c42q-jv3x-rq38: Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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OSV
CVE-2016-8687: Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util↗2017-02-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
libarchive vulnerabilities↗2017-03-09
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Apple
CVE-2016-8687: iOS 10.2.1↗2017-01-23
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Apple
CVE-2016-8687: tvOS 10.1.1↗2017-01-23
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Apple
CVE-2016-8687: macOS Sierra 10.12.3↗2017-01-23
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Apple
CVE-2016-8687: watchOS 3.1.3↗2017-01-23
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 libarchive: various flaws [epel-5]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 libarchive3: various flaws [epel-6]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 CVE-2016-8688 CVE-2016-8689 mingw-libarchive: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-10-17
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8687 libarchive: stack based buffer overflow in bsdtar_expand_char (util.c) [fedora-all]↗2016-09-23
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