DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8924
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924
Upstream
Published
2016-09-20T14:15:10.743Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:19:04.926679Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The archivereadformattarreadheader function in archivereadsupportformat_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924.json"

Debian:12 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924.json"

Debian:13 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924.json"

Debian:14 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libarchive?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8924.json"