NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gdraheim/zziplib package, versions [,0.13.62]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDRAHEIMZZIPLIB-2369662
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gdraheim/zziplib.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. The prescan_entry function in fseeko.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.

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