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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9844

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 c...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 unzip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0-21"}]}]

Debian:13 unzip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0-21"}]}]

Debian:14 unzip

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0-21"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org