CVE-2015-7696

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7696
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-06 18:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInfo-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 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
UnZip Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Info-ZIP UnZip Heap Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Heap overflow and DoS in unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3386-1 unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: Heap overflow and DoS in unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2788-1: unzip vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: Heap overflow and DoS in unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Heap overflow and DoS in unzip 6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2788-2: unzip regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500709 Alpine Linux Security Update for unzip
  • 504482 Alpine Linux Security Update for unzip
  • 671101 EulerOS Security Update for unzip (EulerOS-SA-2019-2234)
  • 900181 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for unzip 6.0
  • 901851 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (6938-1)
  • 903526 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (1811)
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