CVE-2016-9296
N/A
Published: November 12, 2016 at 02:19 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorP7ZIP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereferencex_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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