UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844

    Published: 18 Jan 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-9844
    Aliases:
    USN-4672-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9844, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/25, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4672-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9844

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unzip

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0-9ubuntu1.6

    Affected versions

    6.0-9ubuntu1
    6.0-9ubuntu1.1
    6.0-9ubuntu1.2
    6.0-9ubuntu1.3
    6.0-9ubuntu1.4
    6.0-9ubuntu1.5

    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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