CVE catalog

CVE-2018-7727

zziplib: CVE-2018-7727

Severity: Low · CVSS 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published: Mar 6, 2018, 5:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.24% · Oct 25, 2026

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	zziplib	sid	`0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.2`	vulnerable
Debian	zziplib	forky	`0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.2`	vulnerable
Debian	zziplib	trixie	`0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1`	vulnerable
Debian	zziplib	bookworm	`0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	zziplib	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	zziplib	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	zziplib	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	zziplib	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	zziplib	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	zziplib	deb	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1`	Not reported	USN-6298-1	Not reported
Ubuntu	zziplib	deb	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1`	Not reported	USN-6298-1	Not reported
Ubuntu	zziplib	deb	pro	`0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7727	Not reported
Ubuntu	zziplib	deb	20.04	`0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7727	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libzzip-0-13]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12
[libzzip-dev]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12
[zziplib-bin]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12
- 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · bookworm; dsa · zziplib · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[libzzip-0-13t64]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13
[libzzip-dev]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13
[zziplib-bin]Affected
Source package: [zziplib]
Details (2)
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13
- 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · zziplib · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:37:45 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]