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

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• info-zip · unzip

  • affected < 6.0

References (31)

• 29415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080321 rPSA-2008-0116-1 unzip (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 29427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 29440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1522 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 29432 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 29392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29681 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9733 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 29406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1019634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• unzip-inflatedynamic-code-execution(41246) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• USN-589-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 28288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 26 Aug 2025, 12:17 UTC.