Is CVE-2016-6250 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-6250 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-6250?

CVE-2016-6250 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

CVE-2016-6250

HIGH · CVSS 8.6EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.6 (v3.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 6.3% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-7180)
Published: September 21, 2016
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-7180 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

libarchive / libarchive
oracle / linux

Certified products that may be affected

20 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Oracle Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4586 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 Libreswan Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4266 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4206 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4176 - historical
Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK 6) Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4169 - historical

See all 20 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/1(Release Notes)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/3(Release Notes)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92036(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036431(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347085(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/3014e198(Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/files/295073/libarchiveOverflow.txt(Issue Tracking)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/711(Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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