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CVE-2014-8140

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the test_compr_eb function in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.

Affected products

• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.6, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (+2)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.6, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• github.com/yi-ge/unzip: through 6.0

References

• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-011.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031433
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0700
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174851
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-011.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031433
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0700
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174851

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