Out-of-bounds Write Affecting UnZip package, versions [,6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.45% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UNZIP-2636633
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jan 2020

CVE-2014-8139  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for UnZip.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. Heap-based buffer overflow in the CRC32 verification in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1