VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-8917

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability4.30%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2016-09-20

Last modified2026-06-17

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.