CVE-2016-9844

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 4
Description
Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9844
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-18T17:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-16T20:24:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:unzip_project:unzip:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750 Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9844
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9844
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:57:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:58:50 2017-01-18T17:59Z 2017-01-18T17:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:58:50 2019-12-16T20:24:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:58:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated