CVE-2015-0860 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0860?

CVE-2015-0860 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in Debian dpkg 1.16.x before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an "old-style" Debian binary package, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0860?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Dpkg.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0860?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-0860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0860, DSA-3407-1, GHSA-phx5-8jhp-4rwc, MGASA-2015-0482, SUSE-SU-2017:1096-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860 and 1 more.