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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-0529: Security patch for unzip (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2022
Added
Jan 24, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026

Description

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 or code execution.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-unzipamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-unzip-debuginfo
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