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Zip bomb

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001419

A malicious archive file, typically in the ZIP format, designed to crash or disable the program or system that attempts to decompress it. It achieves this by containing highly compressed data that expands into an extremely large size, consuming excessive disk space, memory, or CPU resources. A common technique involves nested archives or files with high redundancy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001419
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectSoftware
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A malicious archive file, typically in the ZIP format, designed to crash or disable the program or system that attempts to decompress it. It achieves this by containing highly compressed data that expands into an extremely large size, consuming excessive disk space, memory, or CPU resources. A common technique involves nested archives or files with high redundancy.",
  "subject": "Software",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/zip-bomb/"
}

Record 1,552 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.