CVE-2016-6250
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.7%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6250
To remediate CVE-2016-6250, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libarchive—upgrade to 3.2.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.2.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6250 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, 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 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |