DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7166

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7166 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

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

Affected Products

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

Timeline

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7166 advisory

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