CVE-2015-7696

medium
Published 2015-11-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7696

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.0-19
debian debianbullseyefixed6.0-19
debian debianforkyfixed6.0-19
debian debiansidfixed6.0-19
debian debiantrixiefixed6.0-19

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
unzip_projectunzip6.0

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.