### [CVE-2016-7166](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7166)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/660

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.