CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8918
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files, related to "overlapping memcpy."
Affected configurations
• novell suse linux enterprise software development kit 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0
• novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0
• libarchive libarchive (<= 3.1.901a)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91300 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91300 www.securityfocus.com
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org