Out-of-bounds Write Affecting zziplib package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-ZZIPLIB-10078593
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5976  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for zziplib.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. Heap-based buffer overflow in the zzip_mem_entry_extra_block function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62, 0.13.61, 0.13.60, 0.13.59, 0.13.58, 0.13.57, 0.13.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

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