DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888

    Published: 17 Mar 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-0888

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0888

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unzip

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/unzip?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.52-11

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High