CVE-2018-6541

Published: 2 February 2018

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address (when handling disk64_trailer local entries) in __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer (zzip/zip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Notes

Author	Note
suse	Fixed with patch CVE-2018-6484.patch

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
zziplib Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1)
	bionic	Released (0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1)
	trusty	Released (0.13.62-2ubuntu0.2)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Bugs

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/16

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