CVE-2015-0860

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…

published December 3, 2015

CVSS
—
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04994 · 92.2th percentile
Published
2015-12-03T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 DEC 20:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5