Denial of service in zip4j



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-24615
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 zip4j
Client/Desktop applications / Software for archiving

Vendor Srikanth Reddy Lingala

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU74269

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24615

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing .zip files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted .zip file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

zip4j: 2.0 - 2.9.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/srikanth-lingala/zip4j/issues/377
https://github.com/srikanth-lingala/zip4j/issues/418


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted archive.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



###SIDEBAR###