CVE-2022-37434

Published Aug 5, 2022

Last updated 9 days ago

Overview

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).
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
zlib, fedora, debian_linux, active_iq_unified_manager, hci, management_services_for_element_software, oncommand_workflow_automation, ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility, storagegrid, hci_compute_node, h300s_firmware, h500s_firmware, h700s_firmware, ipados, iphone_os, macos, watchos, stormshield_network_security

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
9.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-120

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.