CVE-2015-8927: Libarchive

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The trad_enc_decrypt_update function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash) via a crafted zip file, related to reading the password.

Affected products

• Libarchive Libarchive: up to and including 3.1.901a

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