CVE-2014-9636
unzip - security update
EPSS 58.4%
Description
unzip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via an extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression.
How to fix CVE-2014-9636
To remediate CVE-2014-9636, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/unzip—upgrade to 6.0-r3 or later
- Debian/unzip—upgrade to 6.0-15 or later
- Debian/unzip—upgrade to 6.0-8+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2014-9636 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 58.4%, placing CVE-2014-9636 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 6.0-r3
- from 0, < 6.0-15
- from 0, < 6.0-8+deb7u2