CVE-2014-8139

HIGH 7.8CVE-2014-8139 · Published 31/01/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8139 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting unzip (unzip project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.4%, higher than 94.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
unzip unzip_project	`≤ 6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CRC32 verification in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.

References

ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-011.html · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1031433 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0700 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

unzip

unzip_project

≤ 6.0

No fix yet

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