CVE-2016-1541

high
Published 2016-05-07 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1541

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1541.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.1.2-11.1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.1.2-11.1
debian debianforkyfixed3.1.2-11.1
debian debiansidfixed3.1.2-11.1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.1.2-11.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libarchivelibarchive{"endIncluding":"3.1.901a"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.