debian · CVE-2008-0888

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:58:57 GMT

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CVE-2008-0888 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (unzip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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.

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