CVE-2022-0529

A flaw was found in Unzip. The vulnerability occurs during the conversion of a wide string to a local string that leads to a heap of out-of-bound write. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash.

This issue is classified with a low severity primarily because untrusted zip files are not typically extracted with the root user, limiting the impact of this issue. Additionally, this heap-based buffer overflow is only triggered during the parsing of a specially crafted file, requiring an attacker to convince a user to process this file with unzip. Furthermore, unzip does not handle privileged operations, meaning that exploitation is unlikely to lead to system compromise or escalation of privileges. Also, the impact is limited to the application itself, without affecting the broader system or network security.

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.