Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package zziplib  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ZZIPLIB-10078590
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The zzip_mem_entry_extra_block function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

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