CVE-2016-9296

Published: Nov 12, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: 7 Zip: P7zip

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
7 Zip P7zip	Version 16.02

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (8)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94294

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/bugs/185/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://sourceforge.net/p/p7zip/discussion/383043/thread/648d34db/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

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