Vulnerability in Gnu Gzip

CVE-2005-0758

zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-0758?
CVE-2005-0758 is a vulnerability in Gnu Gzip. Published 2005-05-13.
Is CVE-2005-0758 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.