CVE-2014-8141

unzip: getZip64Data() out-of-bounds read issues (oCERT-2014-011)

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 22, 2014

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way unzip handled Zip64 files. A specially crafted Zip archive could possibly cause unzip to crash when the archive was uncompressed.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of unzip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as they did not include support for Zip64.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read