CVE-2018-16548

MEDIUM

zziplib < 0.13.69 - Denial of Service via Memory Leak in __zzip_parse_root_directory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/58
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2196
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0195
EPSS Percentile 77.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (1)
gdraheim/zziplib < 0.13.69
Published Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026