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CVE-2021-4217 (GCVE-0-2021-4217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-24 15:08 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
A flaw was found in unzip. The vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-476 - - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a unzip Affected: unzip 6.0
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