Critical (9.8) in libzip libzip. EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A use-after-free in the _zip_dirent_read function of zip_dirent.c in libzip 1.2.0 allows attackers to have an unspecified impact by attempting to unzip a malformed ZIP archive. NOTE: the discoverer states "This use-after-free is triggered prior to the double free reported in CVE-2017-12858."
Severity
CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)