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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2017-5976

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the zzip_mem_entry_extra_block function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.56 through 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published