vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3764-1 (CVE-2018-1100): Zsh vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 11, 2018 | Sep 20, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 11, 2018
Added
Sep 20, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the utils.c:checkmailpath function. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the context of another user.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-zsh
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