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CVE-2015-8921

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The ae_strtofflags function in archive_entry.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mtree file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Sep 20, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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CVE-2015-8921: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix