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CVE-2018-1000637 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
1.8
 cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:1.8:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000637
NVD Published Date:
08/20/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/02/2018