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CVE-2008-0888

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 6.29%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-03-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-0888
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.29%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.