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CVE-2024-24789: Mishandling of corrupt central directory record in archive/zip
Description
The archive/zip package's handling of certain types of invalid zip files differs from the behavior of most zip implementations. This misalignment could be exploited to create an zip file with contents that vary depending on the implementation reading the file. The archive/zip package now rejects files containing these errors.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-24789
Affected Products
Vendor: Go standard library
Product: archive/zip
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 12.28% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-01 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://go.dev/cl/585397https://go.dev/issue/66869
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/XbxouI9gY7k/m/TuoGEhxIEwAJ
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2888
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/04/1
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U5YAEIA6IUHUNGJ7AIXXPQT6D2GYENX7/