CVE-2016-6250

libarchive: Buffer overflow when writing large iso9660 containers

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 29, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. An attempt to create an ISO9660 volume with 2GB or 4GB filenames could cause the application to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound