CVE-2015-8918

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-2286 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Libarchive LibarchiveNovell Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopNovell Suse Linux Enterprise Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 17

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."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlibarchive/libarchive3.1.901a

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6qx6-pvc6-fffj: The archive_string_append function in archive_string↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8918: The archive_string_append function in archive_string↗2016-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libarchive: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser↗2016-06-17
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Debian
CVE-2015-8918: libarchive - The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2....↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8918 libarchive: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser↗2016-06-22
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