USN-2472-1

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    USN-2472-1

    Published: 14 Jan 2015Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: unzip vulnerabilities

    Details: Wolfgang Ettlinger discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed zip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2472-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8139, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8140, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8141

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unzip

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0-9ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    6.0-9ubuntu1

    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