CVE-2015-8920 describes an out-of-bounds stack read vulnerability in the _ar_read_header function of libarchive versions prior to 3.2.0, affecting products like Canonical and Novell. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can lead to a denial of service if a user processes a specially crafted ar file. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), its complexity is low (AC:L), and it has a high impact on availability (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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