CVE-2024-5569
Denial of Service via crafted zip file in jaraco/zipp
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.2 Medium
- Published
- Jul 9, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2025
- Reserved
- May 31, 2024
Description
A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the jaraco/zipp library, affecting all versions prior to 3.19.1. The vulnerability is triggered when processing a specially crafted zip file that leads to an infinite loop. This issue also impacts the zipfile module of CPython, as features from the third-party zipp library are later merged into CPython, and the affected code is identical in both projects. The infinite loop can be initiated through the use of functions affecting the `Path` module in both zipp and zipfile, such as `joinpath`, the overloaded division operator, and `iterdir`. Although the infinite loop is not resource exhaustive, it prevents the application from responding. The vulnerability was addressed in version 3.19.1 of jaraco/zipp.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | @huntr_ai |
Weaknesses
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
jaraco/zippjaraco |
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References
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