Name: Vulnix
Price: 99 USD

Description

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
info-zip	unzip	< 6.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522Third Party Advisory
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threadedBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/referencesBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522Third Party Advisory
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threadedBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedBroken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/referencesBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 17, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

CVE-2008-0888