CVE-2018-1000637

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-1000637
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-20T19:31:34
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-02T17:10:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.8
cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:1.8:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000637
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000637
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:53:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:18:22 2018-08-20T19:31Z 2018-08-20T19:31:34 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:18:22 2018-11-02T17:10:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:18:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated