CVE-2016-9296

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.653

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-7804,CVE-2016-9296,CVE-2022-47069 are affected in 7zip (.exe package) 16.02Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-7804,CVE-2016-9296,CVE-2022-47069 are affected in 7zip (x64) (.exe package) 16.02Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-7804,CVE-2016-9296,CVE-2022-47069 are affected in 7 Zip (MSI) (x64) 16.02Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in 7 Zip (MSI) 16.02Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-3312737 Zip (exe) (23.01)
PATCH-3312747 Zip (exe) (x64) (23.01)
PATCH-3559907 Zip (MSI) (x64) (26.00)
PATCH-3559897 Zip (MSI) (26.00)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234