CVE-2016-9844

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9844
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-18 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-16 20:24:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Unzip Project Unzip 6.0 All All All
Application Unzip Project Unzip 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Info-Zip zipinfo buffer overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Info-Zip zipinfo buffer overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Info-Zip zipinfo buffer overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Info-ZIP UnZip 'zipinfo.c' Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug #1643750 “Buffer Overflow in ZipInfo” : Bugs : unzip package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking
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
  • 900181 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for unzip 6.0
  • 901068 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (6940-1)
  • 903504 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (1810)
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