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CVE-2018-7726

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a bus error caused by the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zip.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04
• gdraheim zziplib: 0.13.68
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229
• https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/41
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229
• https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/41
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/

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