What is CVE-2018-17828?

CVE-2018-17828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-17828?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Gdraheim Zziplib

CVE-2018-17828

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gdraheim Zziplib — versions 0.13.69
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17828?: CVE-2018-17828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-17828?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.