CVE Database · CVE-2016-4809
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
4.77%
Published
Sep 21, 2016
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
The archive_read_format_cpio_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_cpio.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a CPIO archive with a large symlink.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (14)
References (18)