Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6540
CVE-2018-6540
Description
In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/zziplib&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/zziplib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 0.13.72-1.4+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.72-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.13.67-10.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/15nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3699-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00029.htmlnvd
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