{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2016-4809","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-09T00:57:30.526374Z","published":"2016-09-21T14:25:05.610Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-4809"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-4809"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/libarchive?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1-r0"}]}],"versions":["2.8.4-r0","2.8.4-r1","2.8.4-r2","2.8.5-r0","3.0.2-r0","3.0.3-r0","3.0.4-r0","3.1.2-r0","3.1.2-r1","3.1.2-r2","3.2.0-r0"],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4809.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}