Memory corruption in ZZIPlib - CVE-2018-6381
Published: April 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11550
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6381
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: zziplib.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
ZZIPlib
ZZIPlib
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the zzip_disk_fread function in zzip/mmapped.c due to the size variable is not validated against the amount of file->stored data. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the zzip_disk_fread function in zzip/mmapped.c due to the size variable is not validated against the amount of file->stored data. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6381
Update to version 0.13.68.