Buffer overflow in Apple Macos
CVE-2018-25032
zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.508 (98.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apple Macos
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.15.7
- Azul Zulu — versions 6.45, 7.52, 8.60
- Goto Gotoassist
- Mariadb
- Microsoft Windows
- Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager
- Netapp E-series_santricity_os_controller
- Netapp H300s
- Netapp H300s_firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
- Trinadh465/external_zlib_4.4_CVE-2018-25032
- Trinadh465/external_zlib_AOSP10_r33_CVE-2018-25032
- Satheesh575555/external_zlib-1.2.7_CVE-2018-25032
- ChrisAdkin8/Nomad-Job-Vulnerability-Tagging
- NathanielAPawluk/sec-buddy
- Satheesh575555/external_
- Trinadh465/external_
- Webb-L/reptileIndexOfProject
- ZipArchive/ZipArchive
- chainguard-dev/zlib-patch-demo
References
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-25032?
- CVE-2018-25032 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-25.
- How severe is CVE-2018-25032?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-25032 known to be exploited?
- 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.