Vulnerability CVE-2016-9844
Published: 2017-01-18

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Info-zip -> Unzip 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750
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