cve/2017/CVE-2017-5979.md

### [CVE-2017-5979](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5979)
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### Description

The prescan_entry function in fseeko.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-null-pointer-dereference-in-prescan_entry-fseeko-c/

#### Github
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