CVE-2016-2334

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Published 2016-12-13 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NArchive::NHfs::CHandler::ExtractZlibFile method in 7zip before 16.00 and p7zip allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HFS+ image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
24	Affected	—
23	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`15.14.1+dfsg-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`15.14.1+dfsg-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`15.14.1+dfsg-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
7-zip	7-zip	`{"endIncluding":"15.14"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.