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CVE-2018-1000637

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.

  • Published: Aug 20, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-1000637
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
nongnu / zutils 1.8-pre1 1.8-pre1.x
nongnu / zutils - 1.8.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x