CVE-2016-9296
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.7%Published: 11/12/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/p7zipfrom 0, < 16.02-r1
- Debian/p7zipfrom 0, < 16.02+dfsg-2
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:N/A:H |