CVE-2015-8919 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8919?

CVE-2015-8919 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

The lha_read_file_extended_header function in archive_read_support_format_lha.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap) via a crafted (1) lzh or (2) lha file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8919?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Libarchive Libarchive, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8919?

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-2015-8919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8919 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
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8919, GHSA-8w9h-f2hq-wpqm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8919.