CVE-2018-1000637 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in zutils versions prior to 1.8-pre2, specifically affecting the zcat utility, impacting Debian and Nongnu zutils distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution when a victim opens a specially crafted compressed file. While the vulnerability is fixed in version 1.8-pre2, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:1.8:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.