CVE-2016-5844
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file.
How to fix CVE-2016-5844
To remediate CVE-2016-5844, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libarchive—upgrade to 3.2.1-r0 or later
- Debian/libarchive—upgrade to 3.2.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-5844 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.2.1-r0
- from 0, < 3.2.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |