CVE-2015-2782

Buffer overflow in Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ARJ archive.

Published: 2015-04-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-2782 is rated Moderate Risk (61.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.45%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2782

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-03 5.69% 5.45% -0.24%
2 2025-03-30 6.50% 5.69% -0.81%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.50% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2782

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2782

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-2782

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-2782 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (arj), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2782
gentoo normal CVE-2015-2782: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-15), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/arj); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-2782
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-2782 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (arj), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 3, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2782

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2782

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 20 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
arj_software arj_archiver 3.10.22 cpe:2.3:a:arj_software:arj_archiver:3.10.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2782

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