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CVE-2015-8926

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8926 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libarchive versions prior to 3.2.0, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_read_data function, affecting products like Canonical and SUSE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker through user interaction with a crafted RAR archive, leading to a system crash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0199 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libarchive-0:3.1.2-10.el7_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8926Low

libarchive: NULL pointer access in RAR parser

Jun 17, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html
blog.fuzzing-project.org / 47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/issues/518
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-03
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3657
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
securityfocus.com / bid/91304
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3033-1
Third Party Advisory