High severity · published Mar 30, 2016
CVE-2015-8837
Stack-based buffer overflow in the isofs_real_readdir function in isofs.c in FuseISO 20070708 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly…
7.3
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the isofs_real_readdir function in isofs.c in FuseISO 20070708 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in an ISO file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
16; 17 · source: NVD
FU
Fuseiso · Fuseiso Project
through 20070708 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8837
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8837
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3551
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/7
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/9
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862211
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863091
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-20
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