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CVE-2016-9844

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.

Score
4.0 medium
Published
2017-01-18
Links
NVD · cve.org

Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
archivers/unzipunzip6.0_8unaddressedehaupt@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>unzip</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2016-9844</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9844</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2017-01-18</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-26</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>