CVE-2016-6250

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

6.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2016-09-21 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

24207f103b47230da732a92e7e73e7eed2b54468cd061cc84b3df870bd5ef857

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1844http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1036431http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com92036http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txtx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160720 Buffer overflow in libarchive-3.2.0http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160721 Re: Buffer overflow in libarchive-3.2.0http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711x_refsource_CONFIRM