CVE-2008-0888 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2008-0888

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

unzip
Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline

Official Publish: March 17th, 2008
Last Modified: August 26th, 2025
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.