CVE-2015-8916 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8916?

CVE-2015-8916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Sep 2016. 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

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 returns a success code without filling the entry when the header is a "split file in multivolume RAR," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted rar file.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8916?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libarchive Libarchive.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8916?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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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-2015-8916, GHSA-22rx-39m3-hr5w, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8916.