CVE-2014-10072
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.6% (pctl 85)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
In utils.c in zsh before 5.0.6, there is a buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.59% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-02-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| zsh project | zsh |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/3e06aeabd8a9e8384ebaa8b08996cd1f64737210
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/3e06aeabd8a9e8384ebaa8b08996cd1f64737210
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/
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