CVE-2015-8929

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 73.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-09-20 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a70cacdccd161d328d2c6749261aec6163ef0fc647843bcf40c01cf74012beef

• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com91340http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91340vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1909http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/517x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160617 Many invalid memory access issues in libarchivehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160617 Re: Many invalid memory access issues in libarchivehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST