Out-of-bounds Read Affecting advancecomp package, versions <1.20-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-ADVANCECOMP-278088
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed27 Jul 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-1056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 advancecomp to version 1.20-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream advancecomp package and not the advancecomp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.

CVSS Scores

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