Buffer overflow in Unzip_project Unzip
CVE-2014-9636
unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compr…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.584 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Unzip_project Unzip — versions 6.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- [oss-security] 20141222 Re: CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- 62738 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- GLSA-201611-01 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- FEDORA-2015-1267 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- 62751 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- [oss-security] 20141222 CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- 71825 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- USN-2489-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- DSA-3152 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- [oss-security] 20141102 unzip -t crasher (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9636?
- CVE-2014-9636 is a vulnerability in Unzip_project Unzip, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-02-06.
- Is CVE-2014-9636 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.