CVE-2018-1100

zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the utils.c:checkmailpath function. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the context of another user.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2018-04-11

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-120, CWE-787

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
• Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
• Zsh (Zsh)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563395
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10
• https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3764-1/