CVE-2008-0888
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 17, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Reserved
- Feb 21, 2008
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
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
unzipinfo-zip |
|
References
- 29415third-party-advisory
- 20080321 rPSA-2008-0116-1 unzipmailing-list
- 29427third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1744vdb-entry
- 29440third-party-advisory
- DSA-1522vendor-advisory
- 29432third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1vendor-advisory
- 29392third-party-advisory
- 29681third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:068vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:007vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-0913vdb-entry
- 30535third-party-advisory
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- 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 issuesmailing-list
- GLSA-200804-06vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9733vdb-entrysignature
- 29406third-party-advisory
- 29495third-party-advisory
- 31204third-party-advisory
- 1019634vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0196vendor-advisory
- unzip-inflatedynamic-code-execution(41246)vdb-entry
- USN-589-1vendor-advisory
- 28288vdb-entry
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
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