S-237: unzip Vulnerability

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S-237: unzip Vulnerability

Unzip, when processing specially crafted ZIP aarchives, could pass invalid pointers to the C library's free routing, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The risk is MEDIUM. Could pass invalid pointers to the C library's free routine, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

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