VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16548
There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.95%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.95% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- gdraheim/zziplib
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00066.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2196
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/58Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00066.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2196
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/58Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.