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CVE-2008-0888 Detail

Description

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0888
NVD Published Date:
03/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
05/01/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.