What is CVE-2018-13410?

CVE-2018-13410 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Info-Zip Project Zip, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2018-13410?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-13410 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Info-Zip Project Zip

CVE-2018-13410

Info-ZIP Zip 3.0, when the -T and -TT command-line options are used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because of an off-by-one error. NOTE: it is unclear whether there are realistic scenarios in which an untrusted party controls the -TT value, given that the entire purpose of -TT is execution of arbitrary commands

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.040 (89.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Info-zip_project Zip — versions 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13410?: CVE-2018-13410 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Info-Zip Project Zip, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-13410?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-13410 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.