Unscored severity · published Mar 17, 2008
CVE-2008-0888
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)…
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CVSS
6.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.3% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.6.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 6.10; 7.04; 7.10 · source: NVD
UN
Unzip · Unzip Project
before 6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0888
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0888
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427
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