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CVE-2015-7696

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over...

6.8 MediumFix available

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

7.18%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumAV: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 MediumAV: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unzip
Alpine:v3.10
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.11
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.12
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.13
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.14
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.15
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.16
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.17
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.18
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.19
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
unzip
Alpine:v3.20
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.21
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.22
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.23
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.24
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.5
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.6
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.7
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.8
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
unzip
Alpine:v3.9
before 6.0-r1
6.0-r1
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 6.0-19
6.0-19
unzip
Debian:13
before 6.0-19
6.0-19
unzip
Debian:14
before 6.0-19
6.0-19
unzip
Debian:6.0
before 6.0-4+deb6u3, plus listed versions
6.0-4
6.0-4+deb6u3
unzip
Debian: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
unzip
Debian:8
before 6.0-16+deb8u1, plus listed versions
6.0-16
6.0-16+deb8u1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 6.00-11.17.1
6.00-11.17.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 6.00-11.17.1
6.00-11.17.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 6.00-33.8.1
6.00-33.8.1
unzip
Ubuntu: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
unzip
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 6.00-31.1
6.00-31.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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

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