CVE-2014-9636
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-06 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1d2f263186bf1e19b5c60f12e4f252ac46267727908257bf64e44ab948f41c1e
05 Affected products
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141222 Re: CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/1131
- secunia.com62738http://secunia.com/advisories/62738
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-01
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1267http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148849.html
- secunia.com62751http://secunia.com/advisories/62751
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141222 CVE Request: Info-ZIP unzip 6.0http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/216
- www.securityfocus.com71825http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71825
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2489-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2489-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3152http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3152
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141102 unzip -t crasherhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/489
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1189http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148792.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20141103 Re: unzip -t crasherhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/496
- www.info-zip.orghttp://www.info-zip.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=450
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- unzip Fixed in 6.0-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- unzip Fixed in 6.0-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- unzip Fixed in 6.0-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- unzip Fixed in 6.0-9ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.