Vulnerability in Zsh

CVE-2016-10714

In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th 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-189

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10714?: CVE-2016-10714 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Zsh, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-10714?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.