CVE-2016-6250

8.6 highEPSS 6.3%

High (8.6). EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.6 high

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

EPSS: 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-190
Published: 2016-09-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libarchive:libarchive
oracle:linux

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036

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