CVE-2016-10209

MEDIUM

libarchive 3.2.2 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs

Title source: llm

Description

The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97327

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/842

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4360

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3736-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0191

EPSS Percentile 77.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (1)

libarchive/libarchive 3.2.2

Published Apr 03, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026