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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2016-9296

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-12 Nov, 2016 | 02:59

Updated At-12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary	2.0	5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CPE Matches

7-zip>>p7zip>>16.02

cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:p7zip:16.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-476	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294	cve@mitre.org	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference	cve@mitre.org	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/	cve@mitre.org	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/	cve@mitre.org	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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