{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-3225-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"libarchive vulnerabilities\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled hardlink entries when\nextracting archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\noverwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-5418)\n\nChristian Wressnegger, Alwin Maier, and Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that\nlibarchive incorrectly handled filename lengths when writing ISO9660\narchives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6250)\n\nAlexander Cherepanov discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled\nrecursive decompressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue\nto cause libarchive to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue\nonly applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2016-7166)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled non-printable\nmultibyte characters in filenames. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-8687)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled line sizes when\nextracting certain archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-8688)\n\nIt was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled multiple EmptyStream\nattributes when extracting certain 7zip archives. A remote attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service. (CVE-2016-8689)\n\nJakub Jirasek discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory when\nextracting certain archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2017-5601)","dates":{"published":"2017-03-09T18:41:10.000Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:33:10.453Z","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":"ubuntu","product":"libarchive","name":"libarchive","label":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"< 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4 | < 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3225-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3225-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5418","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5418","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6250","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6250","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7166","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7166","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8687","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8687","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8688","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8688","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8689","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8689","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5601","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5601","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2016-5418","CVE-2016-6250","CVE-2016-7166","CVE-2016-8687","CVE-2016-8688","CVE-2016-8689","CVE-2017-5601"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":["CVE-2016-5418","CVE-2016-6250","CVE-2016-7166","CVE-2016-8687","CVE-2016-8688","CVE-2016-8689","CVE-2017-5601"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2017-03-09T18:41:10.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-04-22T09:33:10.453Z","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":"2026-10-20T16:20:15.923Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}