CVE-2016-8689: Libarchive

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The read_Header function in archive_read_support_format_7zip.c in libarchive 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via multiple EmptyStream attributes in a header in a 7zip archive.

Affected products

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

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