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CVE-2016-9844

Date: January 18, 2017

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9844

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9844

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9844

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9844

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9844

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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