critical
9.8
CWE
119 416 362 787 20 89
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2022-37434: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri Aug 05 2022(Updated: )

A security vulnerability was found in zlib. The flaw triggered a heap-based buffer in inflate in the inflate.c function via a large gzip header extra field. This flaw is only applicable in the call inflateGetHeader.

Credit: Evgeny Legerov an anonymous researcher CVE-2022-28739 Csaba Fitzl @theevilbit Offensive SecurityRohit Chatterjee University of Illinois UrbanaJustin Bui @slyd0g SnowflakeLinus Henze Pinauten GmbHCristian Dinca Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science ofOm kothawade Zaprico DigitalAndrew Goldberg The McCombs School of BusinessThe University Texas at AustinFelix Poulin-Belanger Mickey Jin @patch1t Trend MicroCVE-2021-36690 Adam Chester TrustedSecThijs Alkemade @xnyhps Computest Sector 7CVE-2022-0261 CVE-2022-0318 CVE-2022-0319 CVE-2022-0351 CVE-2022-0359 CVE-2022-0361 CVE-2022-0368 CVE-2022-0392 CVE-2022-0554 CVE-2022-0572 CVE-2022-0629 CVE-2022-0685 CVE-2022-0696 CVE-2022-0714 CVE-2022-0729 CVE-2022-0943 CVE-2022-1381 CVE-2022-1420 CVE-2022-1725 CVE-2022-1616 CVE-2022-1619 CVE-2022-1620 CVE-2022-1621 CVE-2022-1629 CVE-2022-1674 CVE-2022-1733 CVE-2022-1735 CVE-2022-1769 CVE-2022-1927 CVE-2022-1942 CVE-2022-1968 CVE-2022-1851 CVE-2022-1897 CVE-2022-1898 CVE-2022-1720 CVE-2022-2000 CVE-2022-2042 CVE-2022-2124 CVE-2022-2125 CVE-2022-2126 Francisco Alonso @revskills P1umer @p1umer afang @afang5472 xmzyshypnc @xmzyshypnc1 Jeonghoon Shin at Theori @singi21a Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeJihwan Kim @gPayl0ad Dohyun Lee @l33d0hyun Dohyun Lee @l33d0hyun SSD LabsAbdulrahman Alqabandi Microsoft Browser Vulnerability ResearchRyan Shin IAAI SecLab at Korea UniversityDohyun Lee @l33d0hyun DNSLab at Korea UniversityWonyoung Jung @nonetype_pwn KAIST Hacking LabYonghwi Jin at Theori @jinmo123 Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative楼梦想改造家 @18 DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab @jq0904 DBAppSecurity's WeBin labJeff Johnson Wang Yu CyberservalArsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e) Kshitij Kumar CrowdstrikeJai Musunuri CrowdstrikeCVE-2022-32205 CVE-2022-32206 CVE-2022-32207 CVE-2022-32208 Sergii Kryvoblotskyi MacPaw IncTommy Muir @Muirey03 Jiří Vinopal @vinopaljiri Check Point ResearchSonali Luthar the University of VirginiaMichael Liao the University of Illinois at UrbanaRohan Pahwa Rutgers University University of FloridaBao Nguyen University of FloridaBistrit Dahal Wojciech Reguła SecuRingRon Masas (breakpoint.sh) BreakPoint Technologies LTDPan ZhenPeng @Peterpan0927 Asahi Lina @LinaAsahi Yutao Wang @Jack Yu Zhou @yuzhou6666 Evgeny Legerov IntevydisJoshua Jones Yiğit Can YILMAZ @yilmazcanyigit Mickey Jin @patch1t CVE-2022-1622 Antonio Zekic @antoniozekic Peter Pan ZhenPeng STAR LabsTingting Yin Tsinghua UniversityZweig Kunlun LabIan Beer Google Project ZeroTim Michaud @TimGMichaud MoveworksXinru Chi Pangu LabJohn Aakerblom @jaakerblom Wojciech Reguła @_r3ggi SecuRingRon Masas breakpointhqXingwei Lin @xwlin_roy Ant Security LightYinyi Wu Ant Security LightCVE-2021-39537 CVE-2022-29458 Gustav Hansen WithSecureUbeydullah Sümer Ezekiel Elin Ashwani Rajput Nagarro Software PvtSrijan Shivam Mishra The Hack ReportJugal Goradia Aastha TechnologiesEvan Ricafort (evanricafort.com) Invalid Web SecurityShesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125) Pune PuneAmod Raghunath Patwardhan PuneIndia Yinyi Wu Google Project ZeroABC Research s.r.o Google Project ZeroNatalie Silvanovich Google Project ZeroTommaso Bianco @cutesmilee__ Antonio Zekic @antoniozekic Google Project ZeroKoh M. Nakagawa FFRI Security IncAnonymous Trend Micro Zero Day InitiativeABC Research s.r.o. Jonathan Bar Or MicrosoftJonathan Zhang Open Computing FacilityDavid Hoyt Hoyt LLCGuilherme Rambo Best Buddy AppsHalle Winkler @hallewinkler PolitepixThijs Alkemade Computest Sector 7Arsenii Kostromin Mohamed Ghannam @_simo36 ryuzaki cve@mitre.org Dr Hideaki Goto Tohoku UniversityJapan IES Red Team ByteDanceMir Masood Ali Illinois at ChicagoPhD student Illinois at ChicagoUniversity Illinois at ChicagoMS student Illinois at ChicagoStony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif Illinois at ChicagoPhD Candidate Illinois at ChicagoAssociate Professor Illinois at ChicagoStony Brook University; Jason Polakis Illinois at ChicagoWilly R. Vasquez The University of Texas at Austin

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.7-21.el7_9
0:1.2.7-21.el7_9
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.11-19.el8_6
0:1.2.11-19.el8_6
redhat/rsync<0:3.1.3-19.el8
0:3.1.3-19.el8
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.11-32.el9_0
0:1.2.11-32.el9_0
redhat/rsync<0:3.2.3-18.el9
0:3.2.3-18.el9
debian/zlib<=1:1.2.11.dfsg-1<=1:1.2.11.dfsg-4<=1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u1
1:1.2.11.dfsg-4.1
1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
Apple macOS Monterey<12.6.1
12.6.1
Apple macOS<11.7.1
11.7.1
Apple macOS<13
13
IBM InfoSphere Guardium z/OS<=11.3
IBM InfoSphere Guardium z/OS<=11.4
IBM InfoSphere Guardium z/OS<=11.5
debian/libz-mingw-w64<=1.2.11+dfsg-2
1.2.13+dfsg-1
1.3.1+dfsg-2
debian/zlib
1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<16
16
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<9.1
9.1
zlib<=1.2.12
Fedora=35
Fedora=36
Fedora=37
Debian=10.0
NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
netapp active iq unified manager windows
netapp hci
netapp management services for element software
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy
netapp storagegrid
netapp hci compute node
All of
netapp h300s firmware
netapp h300s
All of
NetApp H500S Firmware
netapp h500s
All of
netapp h700s firmware
netapp h700s
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<15.7.1
iOS<15.7.1
iOS>=16.0<16.1
Apple iOS and macOS>=11.0<11.7.1
Apple iOS and macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.1
Apple iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS<9.1
Stormshield Network Security (SNS)>=3.7.31<3.7.34
Stormshield Network Security (SNS)>=3.11.0<3.11.22
Stormshield Network Security (SNS)>=4.3.0<4.3.16
Stormshield Network Security (SNS)>=4.6.0<4.6.3
netapp h300s firmware
netapp h300s
NetApp H500S Firmware
netapp h500s
netapp h700s firmware
netapp h700s

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1

Remedy

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1

Remedy

https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/commit/788f11ea6afeb96f0d84f140192165a1ca12ade4

Remedy

https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/commit/9e2921fce8c518e370c324407d35bc83ba12f2d5

Remedy

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/1eb7682f845ac9e9bf9ae35bbfb3bad5dacbd91d

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

    The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2022-37434.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2022-37434?

    The severity of CVE-2022-37434 is critical with a severity value of 9.8.

  • Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-37434?

    Software versions including Zlib Zlib up to and including 1.2.12, Apple macOS Monterey up to and including 12.6.1, Apple iOS up to and including 16.1, Apple iPadOS up to and including 16, Apple watchOS up to and including 9.1, Redhat zlib up to and including 1.2.7-21.el7_9 and 1.2.11-19.el8_6, Redhat rsync up to and including 3.1.3-19.el8 and 3.2.3-18.el9, Fedora up to and including version 37, Debian Debian Linux up to and including 10.0, Stormshield Stormshield Network Security up to and including 4.6.3, and IBM Security Guardium up to and including 11.3 are affected by CVE-2022-37434.

  • How can I fix CVE-2022-37434?

    To fix CVE-2022-37434, update to the following versions: Zlib Zlib 1.2.12 or later, Apple macOS Monterey 12.6.1 or later, Apple iOS 16.1 or later, Apple iPadOS 16 or later, Apple watchOS 9.1 or later, Redhat zlib 1.2.7-21.el7_9 or 1.2.11-19.el8_6, Redhat rsync 3.1.3-19.el8 or 3.2.3-18.el9, Fedora 38 or later, Debian Debian Linux 10.1 or later, Stormshield Stormshield Network Security 4.6.4 or later, and IBM Security Guardium 12 or later.

  • Are there any references available for more information about CVE-2022-37434?

    Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2022-37434 at the following references: [Link 1](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/75b68c6e4db515f76df73af476eccf382bbcb00a/deps/zlib/inflate.c#L762-L764), [Link 2](https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow), [Link 3](https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1).

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