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medium 6.5

CVE-2018-6869 json

In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c.

published 2018-02-09 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-18615

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Patch / fix

  • zziplib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.13.62-3.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6869

  • zziplib Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.13.62-2ubuntu0.2
  • zziplib Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • zziplib Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6869

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • zziplib Arch Linux 0.13.68-1

arch linux advisories AVG-667

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6869 updated cvss 4.3

zziplib: uncontrolled memory allocation in __zzip_parse_root_directory in zzip/zip.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 zziplib, zziplib-utils
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 zziplib, zziplib-utils
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/22 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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