CVE-2018-7726: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a bus error caused by the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zip.c. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only; version 18.04 only
• Gdraheim Zziplib: version 0.13.68 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2018-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.