VulnerabilityModified
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 execution.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.68%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- nongnu/zutils · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/904819Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/904819Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.