CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-5979

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Mar 01, 2017 | Modified: Nov 04, 2017
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.7 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The prescan_entry function in fseeko.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Zziplib Zziplib_project 0.13.62 (including) 0.13.62 (including)
Zziplib Ubuntu precise *
Zziplib Ubuntu trusty *
Zziplib Ubuntu xenial *
Zziplib Ubuntu yakkety *
Zziplib Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

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