CVE-2015-8918: Libarchive

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The archive_string_append function in archive_string.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted cab files, related to "overlapping memcpy."

Affected products

• Libarchive Libarchive: up to and including 3.1.901a
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12.0 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 12.0 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 12.0 only

Published 2016-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.