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CVE-2018-7549

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7549 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in zsh versions through 5.4.2, specifically a crash occurring during the copy of an empty hash table, triggered by commands like "typeset -p". This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5) due to its network-accessible attack vector and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or complex conditions. While it affects products from Canonical and Red Hat, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zsh:zsh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

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 6Fixed in: zsh

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7549Low

zsh: crash on copying empty hash table

Dec 22, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3073
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201805-10
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/zsh/code/ci/c2cc8b0fbefc9868fa83537f5b6d90fc1ec438dd
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3593-1
Third Party Advisory