CVE-2008-0888
N/A
Published: March 17, 2008 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.6.3
Affected range stops below 10.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
v < 6.0
Affected range stops below 6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 6.0
Affected range stops below 6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (31)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-119
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