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Case File

CVE-2015-8917

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.30% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2015-8917
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.30%

Original NVD Description

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an invalid character in the name of a cab file.