CVE-2016-10209: Libarchive

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The archive_wstring_append_from_mbs function in archive_string.c in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

Affected products

• Libarchive Libarchive: version 3.2.2 only

Published 2017-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.