What is CVE-2015-8841?

CVE-2015-8841 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eset Nod32, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-8841?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eset Nod32

CVE-2015-8841

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Archive support module in ESET NOD32 before update 11861 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of languages in an EPOC installation file of type SIS_FILE_MULTILANG.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.089 (94.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eset Nod32
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8841?: CVE-2015-8841 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eset Nod32, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-8841?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.