CVE-2015-8837

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the isofs_real_readdir function in isofs.c in FuseISO 20070708 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in an ISO file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 16, 17
Fuseiso Project Fuseiso: through 20070708

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3551
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862211
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863091
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-20
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3551
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862211
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863091
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-20

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