CVE-2015-2869

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-07-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The FileInfo plugin before 2.22 for Ghisler Total Commander allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via (1) a large Size value in the Archive Member Header of a COFF Archive Library file, (2) a large Number Of Symbols value in the 1st Linker Member of a COFF Archive Library file, (3) a large Resource Table Count value in the LE Header of a Linear Executable file, or (4) a large value in a certain Object field in a Resource Table Entry in a Linear Executable file.

Affected products

Ghisler Total Commander: through 2.2.1

References

http://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/fileinfo-plugin-dos
http://totalcmd.net/plugring/fileinfo.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813631
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75955
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033004
http://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/fileinfo-plugin-dos
http://totalcmd.net/plugring/fileinfo.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813631
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75955
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033004

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