CVE-2016-9296

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.

Bugs

• <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=844344&gt;

Notes