cve/2015/CVE-2015-8924.md

CVE-2015-8924

Description

The archive_read_format_tar_read_header function in archive_read_support_format_tar.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tar file.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html
• https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/515

Github

• https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve