{"id":"CVE-2016-1541","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1541","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:31:22.254Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-05-07T10:59:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:42:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["libarchive/libarchive"],"epss":{"score":0.10284,"percentile":0.9571,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.html","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.html","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03","source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1541","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}