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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-18442

Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

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31 Oct 2026, 10:10 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-18442

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Jun 2021, 15:15 UTC

Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

osv:CVE-2020-18442
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-18442",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value \"zzip_file_read\" in the function \"unzzip_cat_file\".",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-18442",
    "products": [],
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VVANTEBDQGOIPC5KCEVAGA5KT4KKTGWB/",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00021.html",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381004,
  "published_at": "2021-06-18T15:15:08.227+00:00"
}