Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8921

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8921.

CWE Category CWE-125
Published Date Sep 20, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8921: The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mtree file.

Impacted Vendors

L
libarchive 1
N
novell 1
F
freebsd 1
S
suse 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91307 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/512 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1850.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91307 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/512 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8921 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.