VDB
CVE-2016-9296
CVE-2016-9296
REJECTED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.
EPSS 7.02% · 93.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
7.02%
93.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | p7zip | 0, 16.02+dfsg-4, 16.02+dfsg-5 |
Timeline
- Nov 12, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Nov 1, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9296 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/ third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9296 third-party-advisory