Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c fil…

Medium CVSS 5.5

CVECVE-2018-17828

First seen2026-10-15 20:16 UTC

Disclosed2018-10-01 08:29 UTC

Last updated2026-10-15 20:16 UTC

Channel statusauto

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

Sources

NVD DATABASE

Original Links

https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/62 Exploit
https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/62 Exploit

Timeline

2026-10-15 nvd_ingest NVD