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CVE-2016-5418
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-21T14:25:13.457 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:22.390

Summary

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.

Affected products

redhat — enterprise_linux_desktop

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References

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