CVE-2018-1000637: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Aug 20 2018(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Nongnu Zutils | <=1.8 | |
| Nongnu Zutils | =1.8-pre1 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 |
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