What is the severity of CVE-2016-9296?

CVE-2016-9296 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9296?

To fix CVE-2016-9296, you should upgrade to a version of p7zip that is not affected by the vulnerability.

What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9296?

CVE-2016-9296 affects the p7zip version 16.02 and many older versions.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9296?

CVE-2016-9296 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability.

What is the impact of CVE-2016-9296?

The impact of CVE-2016-9296 may lead to crashes in applications using the vulnerable p7zip library.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9296

high

7.5

CWE

476

12/11/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9296: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Sat Nov 12 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
p7zip	=16.02

Remedy

https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9296?
To fix CVE-2016-9296, you should upgrade to a version of p7zip that is not affected by the vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 affects the p7zip version 16.02 and many older versions.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability.
What is the impact of CVE-2016-9296?
The impact of CVE-2016-9296 may lead to crashes in applications using the vulnerable p7zip library.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9296?
To fix CVE-2016-9296, you should upgrade to a version of p7zip that is not affected by the vulnerability.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 affects the p7zip version 16.02 and many older versions.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9296?
CVE-2016-9296 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability.
What is the impact of CVE-2016-9296?
The impact of CVE-2016-9296 may lead to crashes in applications using the vulnerable p7zip library.