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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-7726

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-7726

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Mar 2018, 17:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-7726
Complete source record
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