What is CVE-2014-10072?

CVE-2014-10072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zsh Project, 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-2014-10072?

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

Buffer overflow in Zsh Project

CVE-2014-10072

In utils.c in zsh before 5.0.6, there is a buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zsh Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/ (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932 (vendor-advisory)
sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/3e06aeabd8a9e8384ebaa8b08996cd1f64737210 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-10072?: CVE-2014-10072 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zsh Project, 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-2014-10072?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.