CVE-2018-16548

Published: Sep 5, 2018Modified: Jul 10, 2025

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Affected (1)

Products: Gdraheim: Zziplib

Gdraheim

1 product

Zziplib

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gdraheim Zziplib	Up to 0.13.69

Related CWEs

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00065.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00066.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2196

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/58

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00065.html