CVE-2015-8918 Information

Description

The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files related to \overlapping memcpy.\

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91300 https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/506 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5