CVE-2016-8688

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

1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.1% 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

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-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

81205067c896371d07e337d93476943de1c1311bef1f2e31764cb8f4016a6074

• 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
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/x_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377923x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/eec077f52bfa2d3f7103b4b74d52572ba8a15acax_refsource_CONFIRM
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com93781http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93781vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-memory-corruptionunknown-crash-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/x_refsource_MISC
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-detect_form-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/x_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:3002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/11/libarchive-bsdtar-use-after-free-in-bid_entry-archive_read_support_format_mtree-c/x_refsource_MISC