CVE-2015-8918

HIGH 7.5CVE-2015-8918 · Published 20/09/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8918 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libarchive (libarchive), suse linux enterprise software development kit (novell).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libarchive libarchive	`≤ 3.1.901a`	No fix yet
suse linux enterprise software development kit novell	`= 12.0`	No fix yet

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

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/91300
blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html · Third Party Advisory
libarchive/libarchive · Patch
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

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In short

CVE-2015-8918 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libarchive (libarchive), suse linux enterprise software development kit (novell).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

libarchive

≤ 3.1.901a

No fix yet

suse linux enterprise software development kit

novell

= 12.0

No fix yet

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