Name: CVE-2015-8918: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8918, CWE-119, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.03839

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-arch/libarchive.	Oct 30, 2017	Sep 20, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade libarchive	Sep 12, 2019	Sep 20, 2016
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4	Oct 19, 2018	Sep 20, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libarchive2Upgrade libarchive-develUpgrade libarchive13	Jul 29, 2016	Jul 29, 2016

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