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CVE-2018-7727

Published: Mar 6, 2018Updated: Jul 10, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-772
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 31.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-772

Affected Products

zziplibgdraheim
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
enterprise linux desktopredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux serverredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux workstationredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gdraheimoss-projectOSS Librariesaka gdraheim zziplib
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229
access.redhat.com
https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40
github.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229
access.redhat.com
and 3 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 6, 2018
Last Updated
Jul 10, 2025

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