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CVE-2018-1100

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1100 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the checkmailpath function of Zsh versions up to 5.4.2, affecting canonical, Red Hat, and Zsh distributions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker with low privileges can easily execute arbitrary code, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known exploit intelligence, such as Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: zsh-0:4.3.11-8.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: zsh-0:5.0.2-31.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: zsh

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1100Low

zsh: buffer overflow in utils.c:checkmailpath() can lead to local arbitrary code execution

Apr 7, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1932
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3073
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201805-10
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f
Patch
usn.ubuntu.com / 3764-1
Third Party Advisory