CVE-2010-0001
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2010-0001 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-01-29 18:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that uses LZW compression, leading to an array index error. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.2.4a | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 554418 – (CVE-2010-0001) CVE-2010-0001 gzip: (64 bit) Integer underflow by decompressing LZW format files | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| Debian update for gzip - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Security Alerts - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Gzip Integer Underflow in Processing LZW Compressed Archives May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Advisories | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1974-1 gzip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| GNU gzip - News: gzip-1.4 released [stable/security] [Savannah] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | savannah.gnu.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:152 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| HP Insight Control Suite For Linux Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| GNU gzip "unlzw()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| gzip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.savannah.gnu.org | |
| Ubuntu update for gzip - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2074-1 ncompress | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| ncompress: a public domain project | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ncompress.sourceforge.net | |
| itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | itrc.hp.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| www.osvdb.org/61869 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: acoread (SUSE-SA:2010:00 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| USN-889-1: gzip vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Red Hat update for gzip - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | kb.juniper.net | |
| Debian update for ncompress - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2010-0001 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.