High 9.3Published Mar 17, 2008

CVE-2008-0888The 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…

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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.

CVSS: 9.3 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 6.10; 7.04; 7.10	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	before 10.6.3	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	4.0	NVD
unzip_project unzip unzip_project:unzip	before 6.0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html	third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495	broken-link, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681	broken-link, vendor-advisory
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