CVE-2015-1315 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1315?

CVE-2015-1315 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Feb 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

Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by converting a string from CP866 to UTF-8.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1315?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Info-Zip Unzip.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1315?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2015-1315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2xg4-jx3q-qjrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1315, USN-2502-1.