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.
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-03-17T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.031Z

Reserved: 2008-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0888

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-17T21:44:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:43:09.263

Link: CVE-2008-0888

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-03-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0888 - Bugzilla