CVE-2016-4300
HIGH7.8EPSS 1.1%Published: 9/21/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Integer overflow in the read_SubStreamsInfo function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 7zip file with a large number of substreams, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.2.1-r0
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.2.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |