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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13232

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.

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31 Oct 2026, 17:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-13232

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jul 2019, 13:15 UTC

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.

osv:CVE-2019-13232
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13232",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-13232",
    "summary": "Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a \"better zip bomb\" issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-13232",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "low",
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      ],
      "affected": [
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T02:47:42.064059125Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K80311892?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00005.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00027.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-58",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0002/",
        "https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/",
        "https://github.com/madler/unzip"
      ],
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-13232",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 404290,
  "published_at": "2019-07-04T13:15:10.75+00:00"
}