CVE-2015-8915

medium

Description

bsdcpio in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted cpio file.

References

Advisories
More

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.html

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/503

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8771

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91298

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-20

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0182