CVE-2023-45853

Summary

CVECVE-2023-45853
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-14 02:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-07-14 13:17:02 UTC
DescriptionMiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. NOTE: pyminizip through 0.2.6 is also vulnerable because it bundles an affected zlib version, and exposes the applicable MiniZip code through its compress API.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.029180000 probability, percentile 0.854200000 (date 2026-07-14)

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a | CWE-190 CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Smihica Pyminizip All All All All
Application Zlib Zlib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Zlib Zlib affected 1.3 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens CADRA affected V2511 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified
ADP Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP affected V3.1.0 V3.1.5 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
d709fb23806858847131027da95ef4c548813356 - chromium/src - Git at Google af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 chromium.googlesource.com Mailing List, Patch
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-470355.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-45853: overflows in MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
de29dd6c7151d3cd37cb4cf0036800ddfb1d8b61 - chromium/src - Git at Google af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 chromium.googlesource.com Mailing List, Patch
Minizip: Zip and UnZip additionnal library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.winimage.com Product
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-769027.html 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e cert-portal.siemens.com
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
pyminizip · PyPI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pypi.org Release Notes
zlib: Buffer Overflow (GLSA 202401-18) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
github.com/madler/zlib/blob/ac8f12c97d1afd9bafa9c710f827d40a407d3266/con... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Product
minizip: Check length of comment, filename, and extra field, in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 by zmodem · Pull Request #843 · madler/zlib · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - CVE-2023-45853: overflows in MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00026.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 356563 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for zlib : ALAS2-2023-2320
  • 356623 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for zlib : ALAS2023-2023-410
  • 503434 Alpine Linux Security Update for minizip
  • 503480 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 506117 Alpine Linux Security Update for minizip
  • 506204 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt5-qtwebengine
  • 506211 Alpine Linux Security Update for qt6-qtwebengine
  • 6000355 Debian Security Update for minizip (DLA 3670-1)
  • 673334 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3236)
  • 673385 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1170)
  • 673387 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1078)
  • 673408 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2023-3353)
  • 673447 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2023-3321)
  • 673507 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1054)
  • 673545 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3292)
  • 673661 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2023-3261)
  • 673799 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1257)
  • 673842 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3324)
  • 673875 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2024-1133)
  • 673886 EulerOS Security Update for binutils (EulerOS-SA-2023-3264)
  • 673896 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1100)
  • 673965 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1076)
  • 674078 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2024-1308)
  • 674080 EulerOS Security Update for zlib (EulerOS-SA-2023-3289)
  • 710837 Gentoo Linux zlib Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 202401-18)
  • 755158 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zlib (SUSE-SU-2023:4217-1)
  • 755159 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zlib (SUSE-SU-2023:4216-1)
  • 755160 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for zlib (SUSE-SU-2023:4215-1)
  • 907483 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for zlib (31500)
  • 907500 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cloud-hypervisor (31298-1)
  • 907506 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for boost (31294-1)
  • 907509 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for tcl (31497-1)
  • 907523 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cloud-hypervisor (31298-2)
  • 907571 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for zlib (31500-1)
  • 907832 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rubygem-mini_portile2 (33350-2)
  • 996366 Python (Pip) Security Update for pyminizip (GHSA-mq29-j5xf-cjwr)

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