CVE-2018-1000637: zutils version prior to version 1.8-pre2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zcat that can result in Potential denial of service or arbitrary code…

PriorityP335high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.68%

74.6th percentile

zutils version prior to version 1.8-pre2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zcat that can result in Potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim openning a crafted compressed file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.8-pre2.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	zutils	< zutils 1.7-3 (bookworm)	zutils 1.7-3 (bookworm)
nongnu	zutils	<= 1.8	—
nongnu	zutils	—	—
nongnu	zutils	>= 0 < 1.7-3	1.7-3
nongnu	zutils	>= 0 < 1.7-3	1.7-3
nongnu	zutils	>= 0 < 1.7-3	1.7-3
nongnu	zutils	>= 0 < 1.7-3	1.7-3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

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