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CVE-2016-7166
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-09-21T14:25:29.833 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:43.203

Summary

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

Affected products

redhat — enterprise_linux_desktop

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References

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