CVE-2015-7696
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over...
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.8
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
CVE-2015-7696- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
CVE-2015-7696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7597 No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
EUVD-2015-7597- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5v9p-v8p9-4mjc No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over...
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
GHSA-5v9p-v8p9-4mjc- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2015-7696
6.8
CVE-2015-7696 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2015-7696- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2015-7696 No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2015-7696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-35336 No score
CVE-2015-7696 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-20
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
AZL-35336- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-6938 No score
CVE-2015-7696 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-19
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
AZL-6938- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
CVE-2015-7696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-7696 No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10480-1 No score
unzip-6.00-31.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the unzip-6.00-31.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10480-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0639-1 No score
Security update for unzip
This update for unzip fixes the following 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)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0639-1- 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-2015-7696 No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7696- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2788-1 No score
unzip vulnerabilities
Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7696)
Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly cause unzip to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7697)
- Record
USN-2788-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
unzipAlpine:v3.10 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.11 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.12 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.13 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.14 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.15 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.16 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.17 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.18 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.19 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
unzipAlpine:v3.20 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.21 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.22 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.23 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.24 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.5 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.6 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.7 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.8 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAlpine:v3.9 |
before 6.0-r1 | 6.0-r1 |
unzipAzure Linux:3 |
before 6.0-20 | 6.0-20 |
unzipAzure Linux:2 |
before 6.0-19 | 6.0-19 |
unzipDebian:12 |
before 6.0-19 | 6.0-19 |
unzipDebian:13 |
before 6.0-19 | 6.0-19 |
unzipDebian:14 |
before 6.0-19 | 6.0-19 |
unzipDebian:6.0 |
before 6.0-4+deb6u3, plus listed versions 6.0-4 |
6.0-4+deb6u3 |
unzipDebian:7 |
before 6.0-8+deb7u4, plus listed versions 6.0-86.0-8+deb7u16.0-8+deb7u26.0-8+deb7u3 |
6.0-8+deb7u4 |
unzipDebian:8 |
before 6.0-16+deb8u1, plus listed versions 6.0-16 |
6.0-16+deb8u1 |
unzipSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
before 6.00-11.17.1 | 6.00-11.17.1 |
unzipSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
before 6.00-11.17.1 | 6.00-11.17.1 |
unzipSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 |
before 6.00-33.8.1 | 6.00-33.8.1 |
unzipSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 |
before 6.00-33.8.1 | 6.00-33.8.1 |
unzipSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
before 6.00-33.8.1 | 6.00-33.8.1 |
unzipUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 6.0-9ubuntu1.4, plus listed versions 6.0-9ubuntu16.0-9ubuntu1.16.0-9ubuntu1.26.0-9ubuntu1.3 |
6.0-9ubuntu1.4 |
unzipopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 6.00-31.1 | 6.00-31.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7696 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Unzip Project Unzip, published October 12, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.18%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in unzip 6.0-r1.
References
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/07/4
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3386
securitytracker.com/id/1034027
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/21/6
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openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/6
securityfocus.com/bid/76863
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/11/5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7696
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v9p-v8p9-4mjc
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2015-7696
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2015-7696
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7696
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170639-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1013992
bugzilla.suse.com/1013993
bugzilla.suse.com/950110
bugzilla.suse.com/950111
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9913
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7696
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7697
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9844
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182978-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1080074
bugzilla.suse.com/910683
bugzilla.suse.com/914442
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9636
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000035
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7696
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2788-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7696
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7697
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8139
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8140
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8141