Vulnerability in Unzip Project
CVE-2015-7697
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via empty bzip2 data in a ZIP archive.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.061 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Unzip Project — versions 6.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-2 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/07/4 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3386 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034027 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-1 (vendor-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/infozip/patches/23/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/6 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76863 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/11/5 (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7697?
- CVE-2015-7697 is a vulnerability in Unzip Project, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-11-06.
- Is CVE-2015-7697 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.