ubuntu-cve-2019-17582
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-02-09 19:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:55
Summary
Details

A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive. NOTE: the discoverer states "This use-after-free is triggered prior to the double free reported in CVE-2017-12858."

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip5",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip5-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipcmp",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipmerge",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipmerge-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ziptool",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ziptool-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.5.1-0ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "libzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzip@1.5.1-0ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip4",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libzip4-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipcmp",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipcmp-dbgsym",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipmerge",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "zipmerge-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ziptool",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ziptool-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "libzip",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libzip@1.7.3-1ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.7.3-1ubuntu2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive. NOTE: the discoverer states \"This use-after-free is triggered prior to the double free reported in CVE-2017-12858.\"",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17582",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:55:00Z",
  "published": "2021-02-09T19:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17582"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/issues/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://libzip.org/libzip-discuss/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17582"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-17582"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:45:23Z"
}



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