Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33262

Reachable Assertion in ZZIPlib - CVE-2017-5981

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33262

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: 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

Vulnerable software:
ZZIPlib

Software vendor:
zziplib.sourceforge.net

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.

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