cve/2008/CVE-2008-0888.md

CVE-2008-0888

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733

Github

• https://github.com/phonito/phonito-vulnerable-container