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CVE-2014-10072

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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

Affected products

• Zsh Project Zsh: before 5.0.6 — fixed in 5.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Zsh Project Zsh 5.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
• https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/3e06aeabd8a9e8384ebaa8b08996cd1f64737210
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
• https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/3e06aeabd8a9e8384ebaa8b08996cd1f64737210
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/

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