A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an…
Priority LOW 37CWE-787Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to perform a denial of service or to possibly achieve code execution.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0132 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000031
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3vgm-7gmr-wccx
References
More Info-ZIP Unzip vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15693 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2018-15694 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2015-01194 Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-15692 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2003-00263 Directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
- TI-2005-00553 Unzip 5.51 and earlier does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2018-1000031 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1000031 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3vgm-7gmr-wccx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-1000031 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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