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An attacker can send a malformed file to trigger this\nvulnerability (CVE-2016-4301).\n\nAn exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Rar decompression\nfunctionality of libarchive. A specially crafted Rar file can cause a heap\ncorruption eventually leading to code execution. An attacker can send a\nmalformed file to trigger this vulnerability (CVE-2016-4302).\n\nA signed integer overflow in iso parser: integer overflow when computing\nlocation of volume descriptor (CVE-2016-5844).\n\nThe libarchive package has been updated to version 3.2.1, fixing those\nissues and other bugs.","dates":{"published":"2016-07-05T15:47:08.000Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:03.138Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"mageia","product":"libarchive","name":"libarchive","label":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Mageia","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 3.2.1-1.mga5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 3.2.1-1.mga5","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0239.html","label":"advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0239.html","hostname":"advisories.mageia.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18769","label":"bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18769","hostname":"bugs.mageia.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/521","label":"github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/521","hostname":"github.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152","label":"www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0152","hostname":"www.talosintel.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153","label":"www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0153","hostname":"www.talosintel.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154","label":"www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154","hostname":"www.talosintel.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349229","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349229","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348439","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348441","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6","label":"openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/6","hostname":"openwall.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/sui01WaM3ic/WhAgI4ylAwAJ","label":"groups.google.com/forum/","hostname":"groups.google.com","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4","label":"openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/4","hostname":"openwall.com","tags":["WEB"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2015-8934","CVE-2016-4300","CVE-2016-4301","CVE-2016-4302"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2016-07-05T15:47:08.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-04-16T06:23:03.138Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":0,"level":"minimal","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T17:36:46.409Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}