CVE-2019-17582
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 9, 2021 at 06:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibzip
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive. NOTE: the discoverer states "This use-after-free is triggered prior to the double free reported in CVE-2017-12858."
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/issues/5x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://libzip.org/libzip-discuss/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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