CVE-2016-7166

libarchive: Denial of service using a crafted gzip file

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 22, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted gzip file can cause libarchive to allocate memory without limit, eventually leading to a crash.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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