SB2016111204 - Denial of service in p7zip
Published: November 12, 2016 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016111204
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9296)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a specially crafted 7z file.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.