CVE-2015-8932

libarchive: Undefined behavior / invalid shiftleft in TAR parser

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · June 17, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Undefined behavior (invalid left shift) was discovered in libarchive, in how Compress streams are identified. This could cause certain files to be mistakenly identified as Compress archives and fail to read.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-682 · Incorrect Calculation