CVE-2015-0860
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.050 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in Debian dpkg 1.16.x before 1.16.17 and 1.17.x before 1.17.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an "old-style" Debian binary package, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (53)
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references (17)
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1cnnvd
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814dcnnvd
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/30-Stack-overflows-and-out-of-bounds-read-in-dpkg-Debian.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=798324cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3407enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2820-1enisa_euvd
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/dpkg-deb/extract.c?id=e65aa3db04eb908c9507d5d356a95cedb890814denisa_euvd
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