CVE-2015-0860 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 4.91% · 89.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
4.91%
89.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSdpkg0, 1.16.12ubuntu1, 1.17.1ubuntu1

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