8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-2335
7zip UDF Parsing Buffer Overflow/Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service/Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The CInArchive::ReadFileItem method in Archive/Udf/UdfIn.cpp in 7zip 9.20 and 15.05 beta and p7zip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or execute arbitrary code via the PartitionRef field in the Long Allocation Descriptor in a UDF file.

INFO

Published Date :

June 7, 2016, 2:06 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2335 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 7-zip 7-zip
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating the affected 7-Zip or p7zip packages.
  • Update the affected 7-Zip or p7zip packages.
  • Upgrade to 7-Zip version 16.00 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-2335 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-2335.

URL Resource
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3913-1/
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3913-1/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2335 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2335 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-2335 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2335 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876
    Added Reference http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3913-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/
    Removed Reference CERT/CC https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3913-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ Exploit http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html No Types Assigned http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:15.05:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:15.05:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-27 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DNYIQAU3FKFBNFPK6GKYTSVRHQA7PTYT/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035876 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DTGWICT3KYYDPDXRNO5SXD32GZICGRIR/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/05/multiple-7-zip-vulnerabilities.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00098.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90531 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00069.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:15.05:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:15.05:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3599
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation El método CInArchive::ReadFileItem en Archive/Udf/UdfIn.cpp en 7zip 9.20 y 15.05 beta permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (lectura fuera de límites) o ejecutar código arbitrario a través del campo PartitionRef en el Long Allocation Descriptor en un archivo UDF.
    Added Translation El método CInArchive::ReadFileItem en Archive/Udf/UdfIn.cpp en 7zip 9.20 y 15.05 beta y p7zip permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (lectura fuera de rango) o ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un archivo PartitionRef en Long Allocation Descriptor en un archivo UDF.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The CInArchive::ReadFileItem method in Archive/Udf/UdfIn.cpp in 7zip 9.20 and 15.05 beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or execute arbitrary code via the PartitionRef field in the Long Allocation Descriptor in a UDF file. The CInArchive::ReadFileItem method in Archive/Udf/UdfIn.cpp in 7zip 9.20 and 15.05 beta and p7zip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or execute arbitrary code via the PartitionRef field in the Long Allocation Descriptor in a UDF file.
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:15.05:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7zip:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ No Types Assigned http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0094/ Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.80 }} -2.28%

score

0.82001

percentile