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CVE-2008-0888
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
References
31
- 29415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080321 rPSA-2008-0116-1 unzip (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1522 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29432 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 29392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29681 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 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 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9733 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- unzip-inflatedynamic-code-execution(41246) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-589-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 28288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0895 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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