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unzip — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0529

A flaw was found in Unzip. The vulnerability occurs during the conversion of a wide string to a local string that leads to a heap of out-of-bound write. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.

Products
unzip
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.0-27
CVEs
CVE-2022-0529
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0529

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Feb 2022, 23:15 UTC

A flaw was found in Unzip. The vulnerability occurs during the conversion of a wide string to a local string that leads to a heap of out-of-bound write. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0529

unzip

Fixed versions: 6.0-27

unzip

Fixed versions: 6.0-27

unzip

Fixed versions: 6.0-27

Complete source record
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