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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8917

CVE-2015-8917

Description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.1.901a
    • (no CPE)range: <3.2.0
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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