Security advisory

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  "id": "dc3f775b60c74a0a1c094044a53663d3b60d1ce2794cda306b021d1615b471a9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6869",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-6869",
    "summary": "In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-6869",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-6869",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-6869"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "bf4584fb06d5f9c5813616dbadc0129024c9c0f9"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bf4584fb06d5f9c5813616dbadc0129024c9c0f9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib:0.13.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.13.68"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.13.68"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.13.68",
            "v0.13.68"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6869.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:29.109795550Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00022.html",
        "https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/22"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "14.04"
                  },
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                  },
                  {
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-6869",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381752,
  "published_at": "2018-02-09T06:29:00.257+00:00"
}