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CVE-2022-37434 Detail

Description

zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g., see the nodejs/node reference).


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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/37 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/37 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/38 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/38 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/42 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/42 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/9271 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/9271 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/21767c654d31d2dccdde4330529775c6c5fd5389/zlib.h#L1062-L1063 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/21767c654d31d2dccdde4330529775c6c5fd5389/zlib.h#L1062-L1063 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/75b68c6e4db515f76df73af476eccf382bbcb00a/deps/zlib/inflate.c#L762-L764 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/75b68c6e4db515f76df73af476eccf382bbcb00a/deps/zlib/inflate.c#L762-L764 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00012.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00012.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWN4VE3JQR4O2SOUS5TXNLANRPMHWV4I/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWN4VE3JQR4O2SOUS5TXNLANRPMHWV4I/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMBOJ77A7T7PQCARMDUK75TE6LLESZ3O/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMBOJ77A7T7PQCARMDUK75TE6LLESZ3O/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAVPQNCG3XRLCLNSQRM3KAN5ZFMVXVTY/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAVPQNCG3XRLCLNSQRM3KAN5ZFMVXVTY/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5U7OTKZSHY2I3ZFJSR2SHFHW72RKGDK/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5U7OTKZSHY2I3ZFJSR2SHFHW72RKGDK/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YRQAI7H4M4RQZ2IWZUEEXECBE5D56BH2/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YRQAI7H4M4RQZ2IWZUEEXECBE5D56BH2/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0005/ Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220901-0005/ Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007/ Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230427-0007/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213489 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213489 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213490 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213490 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213491 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213491 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213493 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213493 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213494 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213494 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5218 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5218 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-37434
NVD Published Date:
08/05/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
MITRE