CVE-2016-9844

MEDIUM

Unzip - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

References (5)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0

EPSS 0.0979

EPSS Percentile 92.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Affected Products (2)

unzip_project/unzip

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 18, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026