CVE-2017-18206
N/A
Published: February 27, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxZsh
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
In utils.c in zsh before 5.4, symlink expansion had a buffer overflow.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c7a9cf465dd620ef48d586026944d9bd7a0d5d6dVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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