CVE-2008-0888
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29392Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29406Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29415Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29427Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29432Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29440Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlAdvisory