CVE-2023-22899 (GCVE-0-2023-22899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-09 15:31
VLAI
Summary
Zip4j through 2.11.2, as used in Threema and other products, does not always check the MAC when decrypting a ZIP archive.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-346 - Origin Validation Error
Assigner
References
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