VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10714
In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.13% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- zsh/zsh · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/a62e1640bcafbb82d86ea8d8ce057a83c4683d60Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/a62e1640bcafbb82d86ea8d8ce057a83c4683d60Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.