CVE-2018-17828

Published: Oct 1, 2018Updated: Jul 10, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22

NVD MITRE

5.5CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

n/a n/a

zziplib gdraheim

Library

OSS Libraries / generic-library

gdraheimoss-projectOSS Librariesaka gdraheim zziplib

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

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References

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

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Timeline

Published

Oct 1, 2018

Last Updated

Jul 10, 2025

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