CVE-2015-2782

Buffer overflow in Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

7.5 HighFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

5.85%Down 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record: CVE-2015-2782
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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.

Record: CVE-2015-2782
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-2872 No score

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.

Record: EUVD-2015-2872
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8c9q-qgmw-7cvm No score

Buffer overflow in Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

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.

Record: GHSA-8c9q-qgmw-7cvm
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

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.

Record: CVE-2015-2782
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-2782 No score

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.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2782
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2015-0150 No score

Updated arj packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated arj package fixes security vulnerabilities:

ARJ follows symlinks when unpacking stuff, even the symlinks that were created during the same unpack process, making it vulnerable to a directory traversal (CVE-2015-0556).

To protect from directory traversals, ARJ strips leading slash from the path when unpacking, but this protection can be easily bypassed by adding more than one leading slash to the path (CVE-2015-0557).

ARJ is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted arj file (CVE-2015-2782).

Record: MGASA-2015-0150
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`arj` Debian:12	before 3.10.22-13	3.10.22-13
`arj` Debian:13	before 3.10.22-13	3.10.22-13
`arj` Debian:14	before 3.10.22-13	3.10.22-13
`arj` Debian:6.0 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 3.10.22-9+deb6u1, plus listed versions 3.10.22-9	3.10.22-9+deb6u1
`arj` Debian:7 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 3.10.22-10+deb7u1, plus listed versions 3.10.22-10	3.10.22-10+deb7u1
`arj` Mageia:4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs	before 3.10.22-9.mga4	3.10.22-9.mga4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-2782 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Arj Software Archiver, published April 6, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.85%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in arj 3.10.22-13.

References

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