CVE-2019-13453 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in Zipios library by providing malformed zip archives.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-13453?
CVE-2019-13453 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Zipios before 0.1.7 does not properly handle certain malformed zip archives and can go into an infinite loop, causing a denial of service. This is related to zipheadio.h:readUint32() and zipfile.cpp:Zipfile::Zipfile().
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13453?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zipios Project Zipios.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13453?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-13453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13453, DLA-3030-1, GHSA-7vgw-qf5j-7533, MGASA-2019-0341, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13453, USN-4057-1 and 1 more.