DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4300

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4300 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	libarchive	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	libarchive	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	libarchive	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	libarchive	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Sep 21, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4300 advisory

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