# CVE-2019-13453: 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-07-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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().

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## References

- https://salvatoresecurity.com/fun-with-fuzzers-how-i-discovered-three-vulnerabilities-part-2-of-3/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zipios/news/2019/07/version-017-cve-/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109282
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00041.html

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