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CVE-2020-18770 (GCVE-0-2020-18770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-22 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-04 16:39
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in function zzip_disk_entry_to_file_header in mmapped.c in zziplib 0.13.69, which will lead to a denial-of-service.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-04 16:38 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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