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TI-2014-07826 Aliases CVE-2014-9636GHSA-9gph-v8wv-c92v

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

Priority LOW 37CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.11874 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:unzip_project:unzip:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableUnzip Project
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*10.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*20VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*21VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:unzip_project:unzip:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Unzip Project
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2015:0700 Released 2015-03-18 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    unzip security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) unzip-6.0-15.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) unzip-6.0-15.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) unzip-6.0-2.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) unzip-6.0-2.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) unzip-6.0-2.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) unzip-6.0-15.ael7b, unzip-6.0-15.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) unzip-6.0-2.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) unzip-6.0-15.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2015:0700

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-9636
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9gph-v8wv-c92v

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 5

Sources

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