{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:01:40.003195Z","published":"2015-11-26T18:00:00Z","related":["USN-2820-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-0860"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0860"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2820-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0860"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dpkg","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dpkg@1.17.5ubuntu5.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5"}]}],"versions":["1.16.12ubuntu1","1.17.1ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu1","1.17.5ubuntu2","1.17.5ubuntu3","1.17.5ubuntu4","1.17.5ubuntu5","1.17.5ubuntu5.1","1.17.5ubuntu5.2","1.17.5ubuntu5.3","1.17.5ubuntu5.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5","binary_name":"dpkg"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5","binary_name":"dselect"},{"binary_version":"1.17.5ubuntu5.5","binary_name":"libdpkg-perl"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0860.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}