Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in p7zip

Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability in p7zip

CVE-2016-9296 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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