CVE-2010-0001

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0001
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-29 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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