CVE-2018-1056
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxAdvancecomp
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.1
Affected range stops below 2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-125
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