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CVE-2021-4217
Published: Aug 24, 2022
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
A flaw was found in unzip. The vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | unzip | affected unzip 6.0 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4217
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