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TI-2022-23297 Aliases CVE-2022-47069GHSA-hjgv-c5xv-9h9v

p7zip 16.02 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability via the…

Priority HIGH 69CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

p7zip 16.02 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability via the function NArchive::NZip::CInArchive::FindCd(bool) at CPP/7zip/Archive/Zip/ZipIn.cpp. NOTE: the Supplier has found that this is not a buffer overflow; at most an out-of-bounds read can occur.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00321 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:p7zip:16.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*16.02Vulnerable7-Zip
  • cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:p7zip:16.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16.02 Vulnerable ·7-Zip

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-47069
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hjgv-c5xv-9h9v

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2016-07593 A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-13187 Heap-based buffer overflow in the NCompress::NShrink::CDecoder::CodeReal method in 7-Zip… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-04365 Insufficient exception handling in the method NCompress::NRar3::CDecoder::Code of 7-Zip… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-00935 p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8

Sources

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