CVE-2018-6540

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-02 09:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-28 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Zziplib Project Zziplib 0.13.67 All All All
Application Zziplib Project Zziplib 0.13.67 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2258-1] zziplib security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Bus error in zzip_disk_findfirst (src/zzip/mmapped.c) [CVE-2018-6540] · Issue #15 · gdraheim/zziplib · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
USN-3699-1: zziplib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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