CVE-2016-9296 | BDVDB-2026-79279 Detail

Description#

A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/
https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/
https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-11-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.