CVE-2015-8925

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Description

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted MTREE file could cause a small out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing a small amount of application memory.

A vulnerability was found in libarchive. A specially crafted MTREE file could cause a small out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing a small amount of application memory.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1348423: libarchive: Unclear invalid memory read in mtree parser
  • CWE-228->CWE-125: Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure leads to Out-of-bounds Read
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2015-8925

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v3
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v3 Base Score

3.7

5.5

Attack Vector

Network

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Low

Privileges Required

None

None

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact

Low

None

Integrity Impact

None

None

Availability Impact

None

High

CVSS v3 Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2

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