msrc_cve-2016-9844
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft
Published
2017-01-02 00:00
Modified
2024-06-30 07:00
Summary
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.
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