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zziplib — security advisory
An issue was discovered in function zzip_disk_entry_to_file_header in mmapped.c in zziplib 0.13.69, which will lead to a denial-of-service.
- Products
- zziplib
- Affected versions
- 0.13.62-3, 0.13.62-3.1, 0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1, 0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1, 0.13.62-3.2, 0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1, 0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1, 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1, 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2, 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1, 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1, 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.2, 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.2build1, 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1, 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-18770
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in function zzip_disk_entry_to_file_header in mmapped.c in zziplib 0.13.69, which will lead to a denial-of-service.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18770
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Complete source record
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