CVE-2016-9844

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow11 documents9 sources
Severity
4.0MEDIUM
EPSS
9.8%
top 7.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Unzip Project Unzip
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianunzip< 6.0-21+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r3pw-cm89-hq37: Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-9844: Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo↗2017-01-18
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OSV
CVE-2016-9844: Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo↗2017-01-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
unzip vulnerabilities↗2020-12-16
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Microsoft
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 f↗2017-01-10
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Red Hat
unzip: methbuf[] buffer overflow in zipinfo's zi_short()↗2016-12-05
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Debian
CVE-2016-9844: unzip - Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allo...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9844 unzip: methbuf[] buffer overflow in zipinfo's zi_short() [fedora-all]↗2016-12-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9844 unzip: methbuf[] buffer overflow in zipinfo's zi_short()↗2016-12-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9844 ImageMagick: out of bound issue in rle file↗2016-06-07
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