Vulnerability CVE-2016-9296


Published: 2016-11-11   Modified: 2016-11-12

Description:
A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
7-zip -> P7zip 

 References:
https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/

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