CVE-2018-1056
An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.42% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-125
- Affected
- advancemame/advancecomp · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.