CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9844
4.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.
Affected configurations
• unzip project unzip 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750 Issue Tracking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750 Issue Tracking