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CVE-2019-13453 json

Zipios before 0.1.7 does not properly handle certain malformed zip archives and can go into an infinite loop, causing a denial of service.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-4926

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Zipios before 0.1.7 does not properly handle certain malformed zip archives and can go into an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This is related to zipheadio.h:readUint32() and zipfile.cpp:Zipfile::Zipfile().

Patch / fix

  • zipios_project zipios 0.1.7
  • zipios++ Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13453

  • zipios++ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-5.2ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • zipios++ Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • flightcrew Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.7.2+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1
  • flightcrew Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.7.2+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1
  • zipios++ Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-5.1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13453

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13453 updated cvss 4.0

zipios: mishandling of malformed ZIP files causing denial of service

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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