PT-2015-5205 · Info Zip+1 · Unzip+1

William Robinet · Published 2015-02-17 · Updated 2015-02-24 · CVE-2015-1315

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10b

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the charset to intern function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by converting a crafted string, for example, from CP866 to UTF-8.

Recommendations For Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10b, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using a crafted string to exploit the buffer overflow in the charset to intern function poses a significant risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1315

USN-2502-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Unzip

References · 11

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1315 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1315 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1315 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1315 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1315 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/4 · Note
• http://conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2015-1315-Info-ZIP-unzip-Out-of-bounds_Write.txt · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/580961/comments/120 · Note