High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1000637

Description

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.

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Affected products

Nongnu/Zutils2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.8
- cpe:2.3:a:nongnu:zutils:1.8:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Zutils/zutilsllm-create
Range: <1.8-pre2
Nicklas Zander/Zutilsinferred
Range: <1.8-pre2

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/904819nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00016.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/zutils-bug/2018-08/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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