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Vulnerability details: VCID-pusd-k7nk-tbfc
Vulnerability ID VCID-pusd-k7nk-tbfc
Aliases CVE-2015-8924
Summary The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.1
Risk 1.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8924.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8924
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8916
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8917
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8919
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8920
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8921
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8922
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8923
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8924
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8925
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8926
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8928
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8930
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8931
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8932
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8933
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8934
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4300
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4302
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4809
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5844
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1348421 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348421
GLSA-201701-03 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
RHSA-2016:1844 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1844
USN-3033-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3033-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8924.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55854
EPSS Score 0.00326
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:40:02.673870+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0