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CVE-2016-1541

Public on 2016-05-07
Modified on 2016-09-27
Description

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted zip file can provide an incorrect compressed size, which may allow an attacker to place arbitrary code on the heap and execute it in the context of the application.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libarchive 2016-09-27 10:30 ALAS-2016-743

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H