VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7727
There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.24%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.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
- 1.24% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- gdraheim/zziplib · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.