CVE-2016-1541

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

10%p95

Published

May 7, 2016 (May 7, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted entry-size values in a ZIP archive.

Vendors: libarchive
Products: libarchive
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (10.3%)

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