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CVE-2018-16548

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the...

6.5 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.94%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
CVE-2018-16548
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
CVE-2018-16548
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8357 No score

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
EUVD-2018-8357
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7mr9-rr2r-x93g 6.5

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the...

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
GHSA-7mr9-rr2r-x93g
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-772
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-7013 6.5

CVE-2018-16548 affecting package zziplib for versions less than 0.13.69-8

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
AZL-7013
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-7457 6.5

CVE-2018-16548 affecting package zziplib for versions less than 0.13.69-8

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
AZL-7457
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 6.5

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
CVE-2018-16548
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-16548 6.5

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16548
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:2196 4.0

Red Hat Security Advisory: zziplib security update

Record
RHSA-2019:2196
CVSS 3.0
4.0 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16548 6.5

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16548
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0093 No score

Updated zziplib packages fix security vulnerability

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a segmentation fault caused by invalid memory access in the zzip_disk_fread function (zzip/mmapped.c) because the size variable is not validated against the amount of file->stored data (CVE-2018-6381).

An unaligned memory access bug was found in the way ZZIPlib handled ZIP files. This flaw could potentially be used to crash the application using ZZIPlib by tricking the application into processing specially crafted ZIP files (CVE-2018-6484).

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-6540).

A flaw was found in ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address (when handling disk64_trailer local entries) in __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer (zzip/zip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-6541).

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error (when handling a disk64_trailer seek value) caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c (CVE-2018-6542).

An uncontrolled memory allocation was found in ZZIPlib that could lead to a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c if the package is compiled with Address Sanitizer. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-6869).

An out of bounds read was found in function zzip_disk_fread of ZZIPlib, up to 0.13.68, when ZZIPlib mem_disk functionality is used. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-7725).

An improper input validation was found in function __zzip_fetch_disk_trailer of ZZIPlib, up to 0.13.68, that could lead to a crash in __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-7726).

A memory leak was found in unzip-mem.c and unzzip-mem.c of ZZIPlib, up to v0.13.68, that could lead to resource exhaustion. Local attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file (CVE-2018-7727).

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which could lead to a denial of service attack (CVE-2018-16548).

A flaw was found in ZZIPlib 0.13.69. A directory traversal vulnerability allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file (CVE-2018-17828).

Record
MGASA-2019-0093
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2394-1 No score

Security update for zziplib

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16548: Prevented memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory(). Free allocated structure if its address is not passed back. (bsc#1107424)

Other issue addressed:

  • Prevented a division by zero (bsc#1129403).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2394-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:2396-1 No score

Security update for zziplib

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16548: Prevented memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory(). Free allocated structure if its address is not passed back. (bsc#1107424)

Other issue addressed:

  • Prevented a division by zero (bsc#1129403).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:2396-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11546-1 No score

libzzip-0-13-0.13.72-1.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libzzip-0-13-0.13.72-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11546-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2750-1 No score

Security update for zziplib

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16548: Prevented memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory(). Free allocated structure if its address is not passed back. (bsc#1107424)

Other issue addressed:

  • Prevented a division by zero (bsc#1129403).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2750-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3341-1 No score

Security update for zziplib

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-16548: Avoid a memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory() which could lead to denial of service. (bsc#1107424)
  • CVE-2018-7727: Fixed a memory leak in unzzip_cat() (bsc#1084515).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Prevented division by zero by first checking if uncompressed size is 0. This may happen with directories which have a compressed and uncompressed size of 0. (bsc#1129403)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3341-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
zziplib
Azure Linux:2
before 0.13.69-8
0.13.69-8
zziplib
Debian:12
before 0.13.62-3.2
0.13.62-3.2
zziplib
Debian:13
before 0.13.62-3.2
0.13.62-3.2
zziplib
Debian:14
before 0.13.62-3.2
0.13.62-3.2
zziplib
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0.13.62-3+deb8u2, plus listed versions
0.13.62-30.13.62-3+deb8u1
0.13.62-3+deb8u2
zziplib
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 0.13.69-1.mga6
0.13.69-1.mga6
zziplib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
zziplib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0:0.13.62-11.el7
0:0.13.62-11.el7
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15
before 0.13.69-3.10.1
0.13.69-3.10.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1
before 0.13.69-3.10.1
0.13.69-3.10.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.13.67-10.25.1
0.13.67-10.25.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.13.67-10.25.1
0.13.67-10.25.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.13.67-10.25.1
0.13.67-10.25.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.13.67-10.25.1
0.13.67-10.25.1
zziplib
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 0.13.67-10.25.1
0.13.67-10.25.1
zziplib
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.13.62-30.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.10.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.20.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1
None known
zziplib
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.13.62-3.10.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.10.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1
None known
zziplib
openSUSE:Leap 15.0
before 0.13.69-lp150.7.1
0.13.69-lp150.7.1
zziplib
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 0.13.69-lp151.4.3.1
0.13.69-lp151.4.3.1
zziplib
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 0.13.72-1.4
0.13.72-1.4

History

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

In short

CVE-2018-16548 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gdraheim Zziplib, published September 5, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in zziplib 0.13.69-8.

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