CVE-2015-1315
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by converting a string from CP866 to UTF-8.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| info-zip | unzip | 6.10b | |
References
- http://www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2015-1315-Info-ZIP-unzip-Out-of-bounds_Write.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2502-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/580961/comments/120
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1315
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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