FKIE_CVE-2018-1000637
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-20 19:31 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:32
Severity
Summary
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.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | https://bugs.debian.org/904819 | Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugs.debian.org/904819 | Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.html | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
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