CVE-2008-0888

Published Mar 17, 2008

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.3
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DA5801A0-47DF-4BEA-94F6-6DF936CC0870"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References