Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gdraheim/zziplib package, versions [,0.13.63)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GDRAHEIMZZIPLIB-2369670
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gdraheim/zziplib to version 0.13.63 or higher.

Overview

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

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