VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-1000637

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Primary references