CVE-2018-7727

zziplib: Memory leak in memdisk.c:zzip_mem_disk_new() can lead to denial of service via crafted zip

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 6, 2018

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A memory leak was found in unzip-mem.c and unzzip-mem.c of ZZIPlib, up to v0.13.68, that could lead to resource exhaustion. Local attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime