Name: CVE-2016-2334: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2334, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.16299

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NArchive::NHfs::CHandler::ExtractZlibFile method in 7zip before 16.00 and p7zip allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HFS+ image.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
7 Zip	—	—	May 16, 2018	Dec 13, 2016
7 Zip 7 Zip	—	Upgrade 7-Zip to the latest version	Jul 26, 2024	Dec 13, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade p7zip	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 13, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade p7zip	Dec 10, 2025	Jul 15, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-arch/p7zip.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 13, 2016
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade compress/p7zip to version 16.2.1-0.175.3.29.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3	May 29, 2017	Dec 13, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade p7zip	May 19, 2018	Dec 13, 2016

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CVSS Details

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