4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.8%
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.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | In Ubuntu, this is reduced to a DoS thanks to zipinfo being built with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 See LP: #1643750 for a reproducer |
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/25
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9844
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-9844
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9844
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9844
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4672-1
4 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.8%