CVE-2014-9636

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9636
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-06 15:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionunzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Unzip Project Unzip 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62751 - Ubuntu update for unzip - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
oss-sec: CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-01) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-sec: Re: unzip -t crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3152-1 unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Encountered a 404 error af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.info-zip.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: unzip -t crasher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Info-ZIP UnZip Out of Bounds Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: unzip-6.0-15.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2489-1: unzip vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA62738 - Debian update for unzip - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: unzip-6.0-18.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500710 Alpine Linux Security Update for unzip
  • 504483 Alpine Linux Security Update for unzip
  • 900036 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for unzip 6.0
  • 901130 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (6936-1)
  • 903354 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (1814)
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