Medium
Security advisory
In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a memory alignment error and bus error in the __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-6484
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a memory alignment error and bus error in the __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.
osv:CVE-2018-6484
Complete source record
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