CVE-2016-9296
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.1%
Description
A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.
How to fix CVE-2016-9296
To remediate CVE-2016-9296, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 16.02-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 16.02+dfsg-2 or later
Is CVE-2016-9296 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 16.02-r1
- from 0, < 16.02+dfsg-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |