CVE-2018-17828

Published: Oct 1, 2018Modified: Jul 10, 2025

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

Affected (1)

Products: Gdraheim: Zziplib

Gdraheim

1 product

Zziplib

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gdraheim Zziplib	Version 0.13.69

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/62

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/62

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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