UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7696

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7696

    Published: 12 Oct 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7696
    Aliases:
    USN-2788-1

    Summary:

    Details: Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7696, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/11/5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2788-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7696

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unzip

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0-9ubuntu1.4

    Affected versions

    6.0-9ubuntu1
    6.0-9ubuntu1.1
    6.0-9ubuntu1.2
    6.0-9ubuntu1.3

    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
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