UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5976

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5976

    Published: 1 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5976
    Aliases:
    USN-3320-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the zzip_mem_entry_extra_block function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62, 0.13.61, 0.13.60, 0.13.59, 0.13.58, 0.13.57, 0.13.56 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5976, http://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-zzip_mem_entry_extra_block-memdisk-c/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3320-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5976

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zziplib

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.13.62-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.13.56-1.1ubuntu1
    0.13.56-1.1ubuntu2
    0.13.56-2ubuntu1
    0.13.62-2

    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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