Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-01-18T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.461Z
Reserved: 2016-12-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-9844
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-01-18T17:59:01.373
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2016-9844
 Redhat
                        Redhat