CVE-2016-4302

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.

• CWE-119

• http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444Issue Tracking
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
• http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/06/the-poisoned-archives.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1348444Issue Tracking
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0154/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/05caadc7eedbef471ac9610809ba683f0c698700Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/719Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Published

Sep 21, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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