zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g., see the nodejs/node reference).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade rsyncUpgrade zlibUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade zlib-static | Oct 31, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade zlibUpgrade zlib-ng | Mar 26, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade minizipUpgrade rsyncUpgrade zlibUpgrade zlib-debuginfoUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-staticUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade minizip-devel | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade zlib | Dec 10, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade zlib-staticUpgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-debugsourceUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-debugsourceUpgrade zlibUpgrade minizip-compat-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade zlib-debuginfoUpgrade minizip-compatUpgrade minizip-compat-devel | Feb 17, 2025 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Accelerateframework | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Apfs | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Appleavd | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Applemobilefileintegrity | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Appleneuralengine | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Assets | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Ats | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Audio | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Avevideoencoder | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Betaaccessutility | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Bom | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Bootcamp | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Calendar | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Cfnetwork | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Colorsync | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Corebluetooth | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Coremedia | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Coreservices | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Coretypes | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Crashreporter | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Curl | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Directoryutility | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Driverkit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Exchange | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Facetime | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Finder | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Findmy | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Gpudrivers | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Grapher | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Heimdal | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Icloudphotolibrary | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Imageio | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Imageprocessing | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Intelgraphicsdriver | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Iohidfamily | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Iokit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Kernel | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Mail | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Maps | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Medialibrary | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Modelio | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Ncurses | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Notes | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Notifications | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Packagekit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Photos | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Ppp | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Sandbox | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Security | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Shortcuts | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Sidecar | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Siri | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Smb | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Softwareupdate | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Sqlite | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Systemsettings | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Tcc | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Vim | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Vpn | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Weather | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Webkit | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Webkitpdf | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Webkitsandboxing | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Webkitstorage | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Wifi | — | — | Oct 14, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Apple Osx Zlib | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Oct 28, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Autodesk Autocad | — | — | Jul 1, 2025 | Apr 17, 2023 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade minizipUpgrade zlib-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-staticUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade zlibUpgrade minizip-devel | Oct 26, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libz-mingw-w64Upgrade zlib | Sep 13, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2023173 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mysql-client57Upgrade mysql-server57Upgrade mysql-client80Upgrade mysql-connector-javaUpgrade FreeBSDUpgrade mysql-server80 | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 31, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/zlib. | Nov 1, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade binutils | Nov 3, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade binutils | Mar 8, 2023 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade zlibUpgrade zlib-devel | Oct 28, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade zlib-develUpgrade zlib | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade zlibUpgrade zlib-devel | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade binutils | Nov 15, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for zlib_advisory2 | Jul 27, 2023 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Oracle Mysql | — | Upgrade to MySQL version 5.7.42Upgrade to MySQL version 8.0.32 | Jun 15, 2026 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade zlibUpgrade rsyncUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade minizipUpgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade minizip-develUpgrade zlib-static | Oct 26, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade zlibNo solution existsUpgrade rsyncUpgrade zlib-debugsourceUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade zlib-debuginfoUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-staticUpgrade minizipUpgrade rsync-debugsourceUpgrade minizip-develUpgrade rsync-daemonUpgrade minizip-compat-debuginfo | Oct 26, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade zlib-staticUpgrade zlib-debuginfoUpgrade zlib-debugsourceUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade rsync-debuginfoUpgrade zlibUpgrade rsyncUpgrade rsync-debugsource | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.0.5Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 8.1.14Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.2.11Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to version 8.1.14 | Sep 30, 2025 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libvlc5Upgrade libqt5platformheaders-develUpgrade libqt5sql5-unixodbcUpgrade libqt5test-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5concurrent5Upgrade libqt5sql5Upgrade libqt5core5Upgrade libqt5gui5Upgrade libqt5kmssupport-devel-staticUpgrade libqt5opengl-develUpgrade libqt5printsupport-private-headers-develUpgrade vlc-langUpgrade libqt5opengl-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5kmssupport-private-headers-develUpgrade zlib-devel-static-32bitUpgrade libqt5core-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5core-develUpgrade vlc-qtUpgrade libqt5opengl5Upgrade libqt5test-develUpgrade libqt5printsupport5Upgrade libqt5widgets-develUpgrade libqt5network5Upgrade libqt5sql-develUpgrade vlc-opencvUpgrade minizip-develUpgrade libminizip1Upgrade libqt5widgets-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5network-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5printsupport-develUpgrade libqt5sql-private-headers-develUpgrade zlib-devel-staticUpgrade libqt5concurrent-develUpgrade vlc-vdpauUpgrade libqt5gui-develUpgrade vlcUpgrade libz1Upgrade libqt5-qtbase-common-develUpgrade libqt5sql5-mysqlUpgrade libz1-32bitUpgrade libqt5-qtbase-develUpgrade libqt5xml-develUpgrade libqt5-qtbase-platformtheme-gtk3Upgrade libqt5platformsupport-devel-staticUpgrade vlc-develUpgrade libvlccore9Upgrade libqt5-qtbase-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5xml5Upgrade zlib-devel-32bitUpgrade libqt5platformsupport-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5network-develUpgrade libqt5dbus5Upgrade vlc-jackUpgrade vlc-noxUpgrade libqt5test5Upgrade libqt5openglextensions-devel-staticUpgrade libqt5dbus-private-headers-develUpgrade libqt5widgets5Upgrade libqt5sql5-sqliteUpgrade libqt5gui-private-headers-develUpgrade libminizip1-32bitUpgrade zlib-develUpgrade vlc-codec-gstreamerUpgrade libqt5dbus-develUpgrade libqt5sql5-postgresql | Oct 26, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade zlib1g (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64z1Upgrade lib32z1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32z1Upgrade klibc-utilsUpgrade libklibc (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade klibc-utils (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade zlib1gUpgrade libklibcUpgrade zlib-bin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32z1Upgrade rsync (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade rsyncUpgrade libx32z1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64z1 (Ubuntu Pro) | Aug 18, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 5, 2022 |
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