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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14107

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

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CVE-2017-14107

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Sept 2017, 17:29 UTC

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

osv:CVE-2017-14107
Complete source record
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