vulnerability
IBM AIX: zlib_advisory2 (CVE-2022-37434): Vulnerability in zlib affects AIX
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 5, 2022 | Jul 27, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 5, 2022
Added
Jul 27, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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).
Solution
ibm-aix-zlib_advisory2
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