CVE-2016-4809

high

Published 2016-09-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.2.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.2.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.2.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.2.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.2.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libarchive	libarchive	`{"endIncluding":"3.2.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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