PT-2014-8430 · Info Zip+5 · Unzip+5

Published 2014-12-28 · Updated 2025-06-12 · CVE-2014-8140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Info-ZIP UnZip versions 6.0 and earlier

Description A heap-based buffer overflow in the test compr eb function allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command. This issue can be exploited by providing a specially designed zip file, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Info-ZIP UnZip versions 6.0 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 6.0 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3276

ALT-PU-2020-3281

ALT-PU-2020-3294

AZL-35332

AZL-6934

CESA-2015_0700

CVE-2014-8140

DLA-124-1

DSA-3113-1

MGASA-2014-0562

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10480-1

RHSA-2015:0700

RHSA-2015_0700

SUSE-SU-2015:0377-1

USN-2472-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Unzip

References · 34

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8141 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2014-8140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8139 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0562 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0562.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2472-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-35332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8140 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8140 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2472-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10480-1 · Vendor Advisory