CVE-2016-1541
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.28% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- libarchive/libarchive
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 10.3% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- 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/862384Third Party Advisory, US 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
- 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/862384Third Party Advisory, US 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.