CVE-2016-9844
4.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 9.8%
Description
Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.
How to fix CVE-2016-9844
To remediate CVE-2016-9844, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/unzip—upgrade to 6.0-r3 or later
- Debian/unzip—upgrade to 6.0-21 or later
Is CVE-2016-9844 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 9.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.0-r3
- from 0, < 6.0-21
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |