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CVE-2016-9296

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 7.02% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-9296
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.02%

Original 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.