PT-2008-2503 · Info Zip · Unzip

Published 2008-03-17 · Updated 2025-05-01 · CVE-2008-0888

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions unzip (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the NEEDBITS macro in the inflate dynamic function in inflate.c, which can be invoked using invalid buffers. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

AZL-35330

AZL-6932

CVE-2008-0888

DSA-1522-1

RHSA-2008:0196

Affected Products

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References · 39

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0888 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0888 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-6932 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29415 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29406 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0888 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29432 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29427 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory