CVE-2016-9844

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CVSS 3.0

4.0 medium

EPSS

2%p78

Published

Jan 18, 2017 (Jan 18, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

Vendors: unzip project
Products: unzip
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.8%)

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