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CVE-2016-9844

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• github.com/yi-ge/unzip: 6.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750

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