CVE-2015-8933

mediumpriority · track · 23EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.09% (82nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Integer overflow in the archive_read_format_tar_skip function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted tar file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-190USprimary

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 12.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 15.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libarchive libarchive≤ 3.1.901anvdUScpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise desktop= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise server= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux enterprise software development kit= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-09-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (24)

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