Detections
Analytics
CVE-2015-8918
high
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."
References
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html