{"id":"CVE-2008-0888","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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) a","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.","publishedAt":"2008-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2025-08-26T12:17:22.176Z","severity":null,"assigner":"redhat","products":["info-zip unzip"],"affected":[{"vendor":"info-zip","product":"unzip","packageName":"unzip","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.0","versionType":"semver"}],"collectionURL":"https://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/"}],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/29415","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded","http://secunia.com/advisories/29427","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744","http://secunia.com/advisories/29440","http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522","http://secunia.com/advisories/29432","https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317","http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/29392","http://secunia.com/advisories/29681","http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references","http://secunia.com/advisories/30535","http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40","http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733","http://secunia.com/advisories/29406","http://secunia.com/advisories/29495","http://secunia.com/advisories/31204","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288","http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:44.978Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/0xxx/CVE-2008-0888.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-0888","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-03-17T21:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2025-08-26T12:17:22.176Z","assignerShortName":"redhat","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateReserved":"2008-02-21T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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":[{"vendor":"info-zip","product":"unzip","packageName":"unzip","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.0","versionType":"semver"}],"collectionURL":"https://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/"}],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29415","name":"29415","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded","name":"20080321 rPSA-2008-0116-1 unzip","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29427","name":"29427","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744","name":"ADV-2008-1744","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29440","name":"29440","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522","name":"DSA-1522","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29432","name":"29432","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html","name":"APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_APPLE"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29392","name":"29392","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29681","name":"29681","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068","name":"MDVSA-2008:068","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:007","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references","name":"ADV-2008-0913","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30535","name":"30535","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded","name":"20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml","name":"GLSA-200804-06","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9733","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29406","name":"29406","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29495","name":"29495","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31204","name":"31204","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634","name":"1019634","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html","name":"RHSA-2008:0196","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246","name":"unzip-inflatedynamic-code-execution(41246)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1","name":"USN-589-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288","name":"28288","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"redhat","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateUpdated":"2025-08-26T12:17:22.176Z"},"datePublic":"2008-03-17T00:00:00.000Z"},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29415","name":"29415","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded","name":"20080321 rPSA-2008-0116-1 unzip","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29427","name":"29427","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744","name":"ADV-2008-1744","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29440","name":"29440","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522","name":"DSA-1522","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29432","name":"29432","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html","name":"APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_APPLE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29392","name":"29392","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29681","name":"29681","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068","name":"MDVSA-2008:068","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:007","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references","name":"ADV-2008-0913","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30535","name":"30535","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded","name":"20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml","name":"GLSA-200804-06","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9733","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29406","name":"29406","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29495","name":"29495","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31204","name":"31204","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634","name":"1019634","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html","name":"RHSA-2008:0196","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246","name":"unzip-inflatedynamic-code-execution(41246)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1","name":"USN-589-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288","name":"28288","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T08:01:40.031Z"}}]}}}