CVE-2008-0888 (GCVE-0-2008-0888)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-17 21:00 – Updated: 2025-08-26 12:17
VLAI?
Summary
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?na… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=art… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-01… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
info-zip unzip Affected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2008-03-17 00:00
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