CVE-2016-6250
N/A
Published: September 21, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinuxLibarchive
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.2.0
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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