CVE-2015-8917 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8917?

CVE-2015-8917 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8917?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2015-8917?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-8917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8917 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-2015-8917, GHSA-p5x4-pp3w-p9wj, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8917.