CVE-2018-1056

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Categories

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: amadvance advancecomp:
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html third party advisory mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056 third party advisory issue tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.html third party advisory mailing list
https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/ third party advisory issue tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1056?
CVE-2018-1056 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1056?
To fix CVE-2018-1056, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1056 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1056 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-1056?
CVE-2018-1056 affects amadvance advancecomp:.
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