Is CVE-2016-7166 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-7166 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-7166?

CVE-2016-7166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7166?

CVE-2016-7166 has an EPSS score of 1.64% (74th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7166?

Upgrade libarchive on debian 11 to 3.2.0-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7166

MEDIUMEPSS 74th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

libarchive before 3.2.0 does not limit the number of recursive decompressions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted gzip file.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

libarchiveDebian

Fixed in:3.2.0-2CVE-2016-7166

libarchiveUbuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4USN-3225-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3225-1

libarchive13Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4USN-3225-1

Fixed in:3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-3225-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days

74thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory6

Issue Tracking2

Other references1

security.gentoo.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.