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CVE-2015-8920 (GCVE-0-2015-8920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-20 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36
VLAI
Summary
The _ar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_ar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds stack read) via a crafted ar file.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2015-04-11 00:00
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