Name: CVE-2016-4301: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-4301, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.0143

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_device function in archive_read_support_format_mtree.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mtree file.

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
Debian	—	Upgrade libarchive	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 21, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libarchive	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 23, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-arch/libarchive.	Oct 30, 2017	Sep 21, 2016
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade library/libarchive to version 3.2.1-0.175.3.11.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3	May 29, 2017	Sep 21, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libarchive13Upgrade bsdtarUpgrade libarchive-devel	Jul 29, 2016	Jul 29, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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