The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2008-03-17T21:00:00
Updated: 2025-04-02T13:36:47.269Z
Reserved: 2008-02-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-0888

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Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2008-03-17T21:44:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-29T14:55:30.560
Link: CVE-2008-0888
