CVE-2018-6381 describes a segmentation fault vulnerability in ZZIPlib versions 0.13.56 through 0.13.67, affecting products like Canonical and GDraheim Ubuntu Linux distributions. This flaw, categorized as CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), stems from invalid memory access within the zzip_disk_fread function due to insufficient validation of the 'size' variable. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and primarily leads to high availability impact (denial of service). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.13.67CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib:0.13.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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