Bug 2499083 (CVE-2026-39244) - CVE-2026-39244 adm-zip: adm-zip: Denial of Service via crafted ZIP file leading to excessive memory allocation
Summary: CVE-2026-39244 adm-zip: adm-zip: Denial of Service via crafted ZIP file leadi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-39244
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2500595 2500596 2500597 2500598
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-07-10 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-15 05:42 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-10 17:02:26 UTC
adm-zip before 0.5.18 is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted ZIP file with a manipulated uncompressed size header field. In zipEntry.js line 103, Buffer.alloc(_centralHeader.size) allocates memory based on the declared uncompressed size from the ZIP central directory header without validating it against the actual compressed data size or imposing any upper bound. The size value is read directly from the binary header at entryHeader.js line 266 with no bounds check. An attacker can craft a ~120-byte ZIP file that declares ~4GB uncompressed size, causing a memory allocation amplification ratio of over 33 million to 1. The allocation occurs before CRC validation, so the malicious payload cannot be rejected early. All extraction and read methods are affected: readFile(), readAsText(), extractEntryTo(), extractAllTo(), extractAllToAsync(), test(), and entry.getData(). Any application accepting untrusted ZIP files via adm-zip is vulnerable to immediate process crash.


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