Resource exhaustion in libzip - CVE-2017-14107

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Resource exhaustion in libzip - CVE-2017-14107

Published: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32992
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14107
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libzip
Software vendor:
NiH

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing EOCD records in _zip_read_eocd64() function in zip_open.c in libzip. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted ZIP archive, trick the victim into opening it and consume all available memory on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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