Vulnerability CVE-2018-6540
Published: 2018-02-02

Description:
In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Zziplib project -> Zziplib 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/15
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/
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