Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-17582
CVE-2019-17582
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."
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Affected products
3- libzip/libzipdescription
Patches
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References
3- github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/nih-at/libzip/issues/5nvdThird Party Advisory
- libzip.org/libzip-discuss/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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