{"id":"CVE-2016-7166","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7166","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:05:26.938Z","title":"libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.","description":"libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.","published":"2016-09-21T14:25:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node eus","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server aus","redhat/enterprise linux server eus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","libarchive/libarchive","oracle/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01643,"percentile":0.76299,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"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-2016-7166","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."}