CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8927
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The trad_enc_decrypt_update function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via a crafted zip file, related to reading the password.
Affected configurations
• libarchive libarchive (<= 3.1.901a)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91329 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/523 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91329 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/523 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 security.gentoo.org