CVE-2016-8687

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

5.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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: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

2017-02-15 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3836e2056e7c96bb80236a81f59bf1917e28aff8c3e89a585db92598061a945c

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161015 Re: Libarchive/bsdtar: multiple crasheshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181129 [SECURITY] [DLA 1600-1] libarchive security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com93781http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-bsdtar_expand_char-util-c/x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377926x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.securitytracker.com1037668http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037668vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/e37b620fe8f14535d737e89a4dcabaed4517bf1ax_refsource_MISC