alpine-cve-2016-9296
CVSS 7.5 osv_alpine
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.
Timeline
- Published
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- Last Modified
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CVSS Details
CVSS details not available.
Affected Products
No product information available.
Linked Vulnerabilities
No linked vulnerabilities found.
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"details": "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.",
"id": "ALPINE-CVE-2016-9296",
"modified": "2026-09-22T06:30:44.905941429Z",
"published": "2016-11-12T02:59:04.650Z",
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"url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9296"
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"schema_version": "1.9.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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