ubuntu · CVE-2018-6540

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Priority: low Published: 2018-02-02 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:58:16 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2018-6540 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (zziplib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 4, needs-triage 1.

Description:

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

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