CVE-2016-9844

MediumCVSS 4.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Jan 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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