suse · CVE-2016-9844

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 13:48:26 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 15:53:24 UTC

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Tracker summary

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.

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.

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