CVE-2016-7166

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

1.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 74.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-399
• CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4326d1f511da7e88b3cf54b6a3ca6d3ffa64aec51344e8bc1afa757a44c61395

• 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.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160908 Re: CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quinehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/18mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/6e06b1c89dd0d16f74894eac4cfc1327a06ee4a0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347086x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1850http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160908 CVE request: libarchive (pre 3.2.0) denial of service with gzip quinehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/15mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• bugs.freebsd.orghttps://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207362x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92901http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92901vdb-entryx_refsource_BID