High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1100
CVE-2018-1100
Description
zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the utils.c:checkmailpath function. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the context of another user.
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Affected products
19- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/zsh&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/zsh&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 5.8-7.7+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.8-7.7
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.5-3.3.15
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.6-67.9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.6-67.9.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.0.5-6.19.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f/nvdPatch
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3764-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.htmlnvd
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