CVE-2018-16548

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-05
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1626200: CVE-2018-16548 zziplib: Memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Find out more about CVE-2018-16548 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 zziplib Affected

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