NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zziplib package, versions <0.13.62-3+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ZZIPLIB-305375
  • published1 Mar 2017
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5980  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 zziplib to version 0.13.62-3+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib package and not the zziplib package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.