What is CVE-2018-6542?

CVE-2018-6542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2018-6542?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-6542 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib

CVE-2018-6542

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error (when handling a disk64_trailer seek value) caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Gdraheim Zziplib — versions 0.13.67
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6542?: CVE-2018-6542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gdraheim Zziplib. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2018-6542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-6542 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.