CVE-2019-13453 — Zipios before 0

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().

01What is this vulnerability?

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().

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-17T14:17:56.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:49:24.982Z

09References

• salvatoresecurity.com — https://salvatoresecurity.com/fun-with-fuzzers-how-i-discovered-three-vulnerabil…
• sourceforge.net — https://sourceforge.net/p/zipios/news/2019/07/version-017-cve-/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109282
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00041.html