CVE-2017-18205
N/A
Published: February 27, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZsh
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In builtin.c in zsh before 5.4, when sh compatibility mode is used, there is a NULL pointer dereference during processing of the cd command with no argument if HOME is not set.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.4
Affected range stops below 5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/eb783754bdb74377f3cea4ceca9c23a02ea1bf58Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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