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CVE-2017-5981

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Date: March 1, 2017

seeko.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96268

Url: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-assertion-failure-in-seeko-c/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5981

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5981

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5981

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5981

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Reachable Assertion

CWE-617

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v0.13.63

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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