CVE-2008-0888
EPSS 19.0%unzip - potential code execution
Published: 3/17/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/unzipfrom 0, < 5.52-11
- Debian/unzipfrom 0, < 5.52-1sarge5