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7-Zip: CVE-2017-17969: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability

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7-Zip: CVE-2017-17969: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/30/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/16/2018
Modified
06/08/2018

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NCompress::NShrink::CDecoder::CodeReal method in 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP archive.

Solution(s)

  • 7-zip-upgrade-18_00

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