CVSS 3.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2015-8924
Medium (5.5). EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- libarchive:libarchive
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit