CVE-2016-1541

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

10.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-05-07 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-07

Assigning CNA

certcc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ee3906131a8b4d26746a09693a7e287dd339e03c11074ebb5e14ccfb9ae72c47

• www.debian.orgDSA-3574http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3574vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/d0331e8e5b05b475f20b1f3101fe1ad772d7e7e7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2981-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2981-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1844http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1463http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/656x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1663http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00090.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securityfocus.com89355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89355vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.slackware.comSSA:2016-145-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.352685vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#862384http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/862384third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN