DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0888
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888
Upstream
Published
2008-03-17T21:44:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:04:58.483476Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.52-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.52-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.52-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.52-11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}