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DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0860

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0860 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11dpkg0, 0, 0
Debian:12dpkg0, 0, 0
Debian:13dpkg0, 0, 0
Debian:14dpkg0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 3, 2015 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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