Reachable Assertion in ZZIPlib - CVE-2017-5981

 

Reachable Assertion in ZZIPlib - CVE-2017-5981

Published: March 1, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33262
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5981
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: zziplib.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
ZZIPlib

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

seeko.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-5981

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources