CVE-2015-1315

unzip: charset_to_intern() buffer overflow

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 17, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by converting a string from CP866 to UTF-8.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of unzip as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')