CVE-2015-8915

Publication date 20 September 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.0.3-6ubuntu1.2

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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