CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-6869
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.
Affected configurations
• gdraheim zziplib 0.13.68
• debian debian linux 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/22 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00022.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103050 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/22 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00022.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html lists.debian.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/ Third Party Advisory