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CVE-2014-9636

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and...

5.0 MediumFix available

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Exploit likelihood

11.9%Up 8.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
CVE-2014-9636
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
CVE-2014-9636
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-9446 No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
EUVD-2014-9446
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gph-v8wv-c92v No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and...

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
GHSA-9gph-v8wv-c92v
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2014-9636 5.0

CVE-2014-9636 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2014-9636
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2014-9636 No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2014-9636
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-35334 No score

CVE-2014-9636 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-20

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
AZL-35334
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-6936 No score

CVE-2014-9636 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-19

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
AZL-6936
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
CVE-2014-9636
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-9636 No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9636
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11485-1 No score

unzip-6.00-39.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the unzip-6.00-39.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11485-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0355-1 No score

Security update for unzip

unzip was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed:

  • Out-of-bounds read/write in test_compr_eb() in extract.c (CVE-2014-9636).
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0355-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0377-1 No score

Security update for unzip

This update fixes the following security issues:

* CVE-2014-8139: input sanitization errors (bnc#909214)
* CVE-2014-9636: out-of-bounds read/write in test_compr_eb()
  (bnc#914442)

Security Issues:

* CVE-2014-9636
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9636>
* CVE-2014-8139
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8139>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0377-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1883-1 No score

Security update for unzip

This update for unzip fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2014-9636: Prevent denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression (bsc#914442)
  • CVE-2018-1000035: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the processing of password-protected archives that allowed an attacker to perform a denial of service or to possibly achieve code execution (bsc#1080074)

This non-security issue was fixed:

+- Allow processing of Windows zip64 archives (Windows archivers set total_disks field to 0 but per standard, valid values are 1 and higher) (bnc#910683)

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1883-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2978-1 No score

Security update for unzip

This update for unzip fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2014-9913: Specially crafted zip files could trigger invalid memory writes possibly resulting in DoS or corruption (bsc#1013993)
  • CVE-2015-7696: Specially crafted zip files with password protection could trigger a crash and lead to denial of service (bsc#950110)
  • CVE-2015-7697: Specially crafted zip files could trigger an endless loop and lead to denial of service (bsc#950111)
  • CVE-2016-9844: Specially crafted zip files could trigger invalid memory writes possibly resulting in DoS or corruption (bsc#1013992)
  • CVE-2018-1000035: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the processing of password-protected archives that allowed an attacker to perform a denial of service or to possibly achieve code execution (bsc#1080074).
  • CVE-2014-9636: Prevent denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression (bsc#914442).

This non-security issue was fixed:

+- Allow processing of Windows zip64 archives (Windows archivers set total_disks field to 0 but per standard, valid values are 1 and higher) (bnc#910683)

Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2978-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9636 No score

unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9636
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2489-1 No score

unzip vulnerability

Michal Zalewski discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed zip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record
USN-2489-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unzip
Alpine:v3.10
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.11
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.12
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.13
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.14
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.15
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.16
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.17
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.18
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.19
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unzip
Alpine:v3.20
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.21
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.22
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.23
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.24
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.5
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.6
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.7
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.8
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Alpine:v3.9
before 6.0-r3
6.0-r3
unzip
Azure Linux:3
before 6.0-20
6.0-20
unzip
Azure Linux:2
before 6.0-19
6.0-19
unzip
Debian:12
before 6.0-15
6.0-15
unzip
Debian:13
before 6.0-15
6.0-15
unzip
Debian:14
before 6.0-15
6.0-15
unzip
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.0-4+deb6u2, plus listed versions
6.0-4
6.0-4+deb6u2
unzip
Debian:7
before 6.0-8+deb7u2, plus listed versions
6.0-86.0-8+deb7u1
6.0-8+deb7u2
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-2.el6_6
0:6.0-2.el6_6
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.ael7b
0:6.0-15.ael7b
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.ael7b
0:6.0-15.ael7b
unzip
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:6.0-15.el7
0:6.0-15.el7
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
before 6.00-32.1
6.00-32.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
before 6.00-32.1
6.00-32.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 6.00-32.1
6.00-32.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 6.00-4.3.1
6.00-4.3.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 6.0-9ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions
6.0-9ubuntu16.0-9ubuntu1.1
6.0-9ubuntu1.2
unzip
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 6.00-39.1
6.00-39.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
factsOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-9636 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Unzip Project Unzip, published December 31, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.9%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in unzip 6.0-r3.

References

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