Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in zcat of zutils Prior to Version 1.8-pre2: Potential Denial of Service or Arbitrary Code Execution

CVE-2018-1000637 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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