#VU10457 Memory corruption in ZZIPlib - CVE-2018-6869

 

#VU10457 Memory corruption in ZZIPlib - CVE-2018-6869

Published: February 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10457
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6869
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ZZIPlib
Software vendor:
zziplib.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c due to uncontrolled memory allocation. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted zip file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.

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