CVE-2018-6869

medium

Description

In 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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00022.html

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/22

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103050

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-09

Updated: 2020-06-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium