CVE-2014-8140

Publication date 28 December 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the test_compr_eb function 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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
unzip	14.10 utopic	Fixed 6.0-12ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 6.0-9ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 6.0-4ubuntu2.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 6.0-1ubuntu0.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2472-1
unzip vulnerabilities
14 January 2015