Out-of-bounds read in ZZIPlib - CVE-2017-5978
Published: March 1, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33260
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5978
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.
Affected software
ZZIPlib
Arch Linux
Fedora
zziplib (Alpine package)
zziplib
Arch Linux
Fedora
zziplib (Alpine package)
zziplib
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5978
Install update from vendor's website.
ZZIPlib - update to 0.13.63
zziplib (Alpine package) - update to 0.13.67-r0
zziplib - update to 0.13.69-1.fc28
zziplib (Alpine package) - update to 0.13.67-r0
zziplib - update to 0.13.69-1.fc28