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CVE-2008-0888

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-03-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu LinuxUnzip Project UnzipApple Mac Os X

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References