CVE-2017-5980 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in zziplib version 0.13.62, specifically within the zzip_mem_entry_new function, which affects products like gdraheim zziplib. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker through user interaction with a crafted ZIP file, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and application crash. While the potential impact is high availability, the attack complexity is low. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.13.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib:0.13.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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