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CVE-2020-18442

low

Description

Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVANTEBDQGOIPC5KCEVAGA5KT4KKTGWB/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCFYD46OY4VAGJ4UX7IFOH5SHD4UW4ZA/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00021.html

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/68

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-18

Updated: 2025-07-10

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: 3.3

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

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00022