CVE-2018-1083

N/A
Published: March 28, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

Zsh before version 5.4.2-test-1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the shell autocomplete functionality. A local unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to code execution in the context of the user who tries to use autocomplete to traverse the before mentioned path. If the user affected is privileged, this leads to privilege escalation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (9)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103572
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1557382
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00038.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120CWE-119

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