CVE-2016-9844: Buffer Overflow

First published: Wed Jan 18 2017(Updated: )

Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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