CVE-2018-7726

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a bus error caused by the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zip.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

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-2018-7726

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7726.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201804-3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed0.13.69-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.13.62-3.2
debian debianbullseyefixed0.13.62-3.2
debian debianforkyfixed0.13.62-3.2
debian debiansidfixed0.13.62-3.2
debian debiantrixiefixed0.13.62-3.2

References

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