ubuntu-cve-2016-9844
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-01-18 17:59
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "unzip",
            "binary_version": "6.0-9ubuntu1.6"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "unzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-9ubuntu1.6?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0-9ubuntu1.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.0-9ubuntu1",
        "6.0-9ubuntu1.1",
        "6.0-9ubuntu1.2",
        "6.0-9ubuntu1.3",
        "6.0-9ubuntu1.4",
        "6.0-9ubuntu1.5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "unzip",
            "binary_version": "6.0-20ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "unzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-20ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0-20ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.0-17ubuntu1",
        "6.0-19ubuntu1",
        "6.0-19ubuntu2",
        "6.0-20ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:57Z",
  "published": "2017-01-18T17:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9844"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/25"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4672-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9844"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4672-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-9844"
  ]
}



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