What is CVE-2014-10071?

CVE-2014-10071 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zsh, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2014-10071?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Zsh

CVE-2014-10071

In exec.c in zsh before 5.0.7, there is a buffer overflow for very long fds in the ">& fd" syntax.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.027 (84.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zsh
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-10071?: CVE-2014-10071 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zsh, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2014-10071?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.