Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 17, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-0888
CVE-2008-0888
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.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
31- secunia.com/advisories/30535nvdBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29392nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29406nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29415nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29427nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29432nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29440nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29495nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29681nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31204nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4077nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/referencesnvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246nvdThird Party Advisory
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116nvdBroken Link
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116nvdBroken Link
- www.ipcop.org/index.phpnvdBroken Link
- www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisoriesnvdNot Applicable
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threadednvdBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threadednvdBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288nvdBroken Link
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken Link
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317nvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733nvdBroken Link
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