CVE-2016-1541

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

10.28%

Published

May 7, 2016

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Products (1)

libarchive · libarchivevulnerable

References (20)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03