CVE-2016-8687: Libarchive

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the safe_fprintf function in tar/util.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted non-printable multibyte character in a filename.

Affected products

• Libarchive Libarchive: version 3.2.1 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.2 only

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.