UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9844
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9844
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Published
2017-01-18T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:35:21.914740Z
Severity
  • 4.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-9ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0-9ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

6.*

6.0-9ubuntu1
6.0-9ubuntu1.1
6.0-9ubuntu1.2
6.0-9ubuntu1.3
6.0-9ubuntu1.4
6.0-9ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "unzip",
            "binary_version": "6.0-9ubuntu1.6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-20ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0-20ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

6.*

6.0-17ubuntu1
6.0-19ubuntu1
6.0-19ubuntu2
6.0-20ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "unzip",
            "binary_version": "6.0-20ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "unzip-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0-20ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / unzip

Package

Name
unzip
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-21ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0-21ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "unzip",
            "binary_version": "6.0-21ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "unzip-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "6.0-21ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}