Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in libarchive 3.2.1

CVE-2016-8689 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip archive.

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