CVE-2016-5418
HIGH7.5EPSS 5.2%libarchive - security update
Published: 9/21/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5418
Description
The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.2.1-4
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.0.4-3+wheezy4
- Debian/libarchivefrom 0, < 3.1.2-11+deb8u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |