CVE-2008-0888

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The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which al

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.1904

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
apple mac os x< 10.6.3
debian linuxall versions
unzip project unzip< 6.0

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productlowSteganography Unzip Hidden Information From Picture File

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD17 Mar 2008 · 09:44 PM

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Vendor Advisories

msrcCVE-2008-0888
usnUSN-589-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0196Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29392Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29406Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29415Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29427Broken LinkVendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/29432Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29440Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29495Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29681Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30535Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31204Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077Third Party Advisory

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522Third Party Advisory

http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068Not Applicable

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threadedBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadedBroken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288Broken Link

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634Broken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/referencesBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744Broken LinkVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246Third Party Advisory

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733Broken Link

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