Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size Affecting zziplib-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ZZIPLIBDEVEL-1380625
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Feb 2018

Introduced: 2 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 zziplib-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib-devel package and not the zziplib-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.