CVE-2015-8920
Apple Archive Format Uncontrolled Stack Read Denial of Service
Description
The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 20, 2016, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-8920 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8920
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-8920 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-8920 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91301 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Added Reference https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Added Reference https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/511 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Sep. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91301 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.901a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html No Types Assigned https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-125 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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1.35 }} 0.09%
score
0.85835
percentile