CVE-2016-4809

libarchive: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 12, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted cpio archive containing a symbolic link to a ridiculously large target path can cause memory allocation to fail, resulting in any attempt to view or extract the archive crashing.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling