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CVE-2016-9844

medium

Description

Buffer 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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.20339