CVE-2015-7697 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Debian. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing specially crafted empty bzip2 data within a ZIP archive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CVE-2015-7697
Jun 11, 2024CVE-2015-7697
Aug 11, 2020Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via empty bzip2 data in a ZIP archive.
Nov 2, 2015unzip: Heap overflow and DoS in 6.0
Sep 7, 2015