CVE Vulnerability

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. 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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/904819 Issue Tracking Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:1.8:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-20 07:31

Updated : 2018-11-02 05:10

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000637

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000637

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer