CVE-2016-9296

The CVE-2016-9296 issue affects p7zip 16.02 and older, caused by a null pointer dereference in CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams (CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp) used by the 7z.so library and 7z apps. This can crash and trigger a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files. Remediation ...

CVE-2016-9296: NULL Pointer Dereference

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 ...