zziplib: Memory leak in memdisk.c:zzip_mem_disk_new() can lead to denial of service via crafted zip
Published Mar 6, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.25%
Description
An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
zziplib-0:0.13.62-9.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3229
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
zziplib
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | zziplib-0:0.13.62-9.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3229 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | zziplib | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01250) | 68.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01250) | 68.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 40.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 14, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 40.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 37.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 32.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 21.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7727 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554676 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7727
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7727
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7727 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554676 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7727 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7727 |
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