CVE-2018-6869

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6869
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-09 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-28 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Zziplib Project Zziplib 0.13.68 All All All
Application Zziplib Project Zziplib 0.13.68 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ZZIPlib CVE-2018-6869 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 2258-1] zziplib security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Uncontrolled memory allocation in __zzip_parse_root_directory (src/zzip/zip.c) [CVE-2018-6869] · Issue #22 · gdraheim/zziplib · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3699-1: zziplib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1287-1] zziplib security update MLIST lists.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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