CVE-2019-13232
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial...
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
CVE-2019-13232- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4743 No score
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
EUVD-2019-4743- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8vm7-647w-p9g4
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial...
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
GHSA-8vm7-647w-p9g4- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-13232
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-35341
3.3
CVE-2019-13232 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-20
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
AZL-35341- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVAZL-6943
3.3
CVE-2019-13232 affecting package unzip for versions less than 6.0-19
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
AZL-6943- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-13232
3.3
CVE-2019-13232 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-13232
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:1181
4.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: unzip security update
- Record
RHSA-2020:1181- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:1787
4.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: unzip security update
- Record
RHSA-2020:1787- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2020:2486
4.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: unzip security update
- Record
RHSA-2020:2486- CVSS 3.0
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-13232
3.3
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13232- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2021-0033 No score
Updated unzip package fixes a security vulnerability
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue (CVE-2019-13232).
- Record
MGASA-2021-0033- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4672-1 No score
unzip vulnerabilities
Rene Freingruber discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted password protected ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000035)
Antonio Carista discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-18384)
It was discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-13232)
Martin Carpenter discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9913)
Alexis Vanden Eijnde discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain specially crafted ZIP archives. If a user or automated system using unzip were tricked into opening a specially crafted zip file, an attacker could exploit this to cause a crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-9844)
- Record
USN-4672-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
unzipAlpine:v3.10 |
before 6.0-r6 | 6.0-r6 |
unzipAlpine:v3.11 |
before 6.0-r6 | 6.0-r6 |
unzipAlpine:v3.12 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.13 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.14 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.15 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.16 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.17 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.18 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.19 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
unzipAlpine:v3.20 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.21 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.22 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.23 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.24 |
before 6.0-r7 | 6.0-r7 |
unzipAlpine:v3.8 |
before 6.0-r6 | 6.0-r6 |
unzipAlpine:v3.9 |
before 6.0-r6 | 6.0-r6 |
unzipAzure Linux:3 |
before 6.0-20 | 6.0-20 |
unzipAzure Linux:2 |
before 6.0-19 | 6.0-19 |
unzipDebian:12 |
before 6.0-24 | 6.0-24 |
unzipDebian:13 |
before 6.0-24 | 6.0-24 |
unzipDebian:14 |
before 6.0-24 | 6.0-24 |
unzipDebian:8 |
before 6.0-16+deb8u4, plus listed versions 6.0-166.0-16+deb8u16.0-16+deb8u26.0-16+deb8u3 |
6.0-16+deb8u4 |
unzipMageia:7 |
before 6.0-1.mga7 | 6.0-1.mga7 |
unzipRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzipRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzipRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzipRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation |
before 0:6.0-21.el7 | 0:6.0-21.el7 |
unzipRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:6.0-43.el8 | 0:6.0-43.el8 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:6.0-43.el8 | 0:6.0-43.el8 |
unzip-debugsourceRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos |
before 0:6.0-43.el8 | 0:6.0-43.el8 |
unzipRed Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode |
before 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 | 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::computenode |
before 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 | 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 |
unzipRed Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server |
before 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 | 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 |
unzip-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_eus:7.7::server |
before 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 | 0:6.0-20.el7_7.1 |
unzipUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
before 6.0-9ubuntu1.6, plus listed versions 6.0-9ubuntu16.0-9ubuntu1.16.0-9ubuntu1.26.0-9ubuntu1.36.0-9ubuntu1.46.0-9ubuntu1.5 |
6.0-9ubuntu1.6 |
unzipUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 6.0-20ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions 6.0-17ubuntu16.0-19ubuntu16.0-19ubuntu26.0-20ubuntu1 |
6.0-20ubuntu1.1 |
unzipUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 6.0-21ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions 6.0-21ubuntu1 |
6.0-21ubuntu1.1 |
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-2019-13232 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Unzip Project Unzip, published July 4, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. Fixed in unzip 6.0-r6.
References
bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb
github.com/madler/unzip
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00005.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00027.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0002
support.f5.com/csp/article/K80311892?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-58
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13232
support.f5.com/csp/article/K80311892?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vm7-647w-p9g4
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-13232
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2019-13232
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13232
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0033.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25076
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1787
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4672-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1181
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1727761
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_1181.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13232
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13232
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_1787.json
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2486
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_2486.json
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13232
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9913
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9844
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18384
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000035