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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8915

CVE-2015-8915

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.

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Affected products

3

Libarchive/Libarchivereferences3 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.1.901a
- (no CPE)range: <3.2.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/503nvdExploit
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2nvdThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91298nvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00037.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03nvd

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