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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14unzip0, 0, 0
Debian:13unzip0, 0, 0
Debian:12unzip0, 0, 0
Debian:11unzip0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 17, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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