MSRC_CVE-2008-0888
Vulnerability from csaf_microsoft - Published: 2008-03-02 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-30 07:00Summary
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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