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CVE-2020-18442

Date: June 18, 2021

Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

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Severity Score

3.3

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18442

Url: https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/68

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18442

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18442

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVANTEBDQGOIPC5KCEVAGA5KT4KKTGWB/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00021.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVANTEBDQGOIPC5KCEVAGA5KT4KKTGWB/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCFYD46OY4VAGJ4UX7IFOH5SHD4UW4ZA/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCFYD46OY4VAGJ4UX7IFOH5SHD4UW4ZA/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-18442

Severity Score

3.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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