TI-2018-11868 Aliases CVE-2018-16548 GHSA-7mr9-rr2r-x93g

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69.

LOW 33CWE-772Published 2018-09-05 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-772.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01945 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib::::::::	up to 0.13.69	Vulnerable	gdraheim

cpe:2.3:a:gdraheim:zziplib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.13.69 Vulnerable ·gdraheim

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2019:2196 Released 2019-08-06 · Red Hat rating Low
zziplib security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) zziplib-0.13.62-11.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) zziplib-devel-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-utils-0.13.62-11.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) zziplib-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-devel-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-utils-0.13.62-11.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) zziplib-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-0.13.62-11.el7.ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) zziplib-devel-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-devel-0.13.62-11.el7.ppc, zziplib-utils-0.13.62-11.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) zziplib-0.13.62-11.el7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) zziplib-devel-0.13.62-11.el7, zziplib-utils-0.13.62-11.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)	Fixed	RHSA-2019:2196

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-16548
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mr9-rr2r-x93g

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/58

Advisory 3

Other 1

[debian-lts-announce] 20200628 [SECURITY] [DLA 2258-1] zziplib security update

TI-2024-26186 A Stack Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zziplibv 0.13.77 allows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2020-13469 An issue was discovered in function zzip_disk_entry_to_file_header in mmapped.c in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2018-05016 In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2018-04818 In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address (when… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2018-04817 In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2018-04766 In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a memory alignment error and bus error in the… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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