CVE-2016-9844
medium
CVSS v3
4.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
40%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 6.0-15 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.0-21 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 6.0-21 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.0-21 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.0-21 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.0-21 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| unzip_project | unzip | 6.0 | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9844.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9844
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.