When was CVE-2015-9261 disclosed?

CVE-2015-9261 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 26, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-9261 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-9261 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 74.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-9261?

CVE-2015-9261 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2015-9261?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-9261, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2015-9261

MEDIUMNVD 5.5

5.5

huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: 74.5%
KEV: Not listed

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