CVE-2018-1056

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1056
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-21 14:47:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Advancemame Advancecomp All All All All
Application Advancemame Advancecomp All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3570-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
1542333 – (CVE-2018-1056) CVE-2018-1056 advancecomp: Heap buffer overflow in zip.cc:zip_entry::load_cent() allows for denial of service or unspecified impact via crafted ZIP file CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1702-1] advancecomp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2868-1] advancecomp security update MLIST lists.debian.org
#889270 - advancecomp: CVE-2018-1056: heap buffer overflow while running advzip - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
AdvanceMAME / Bugs / #259 CVE-2018-1056: heap buffer overflow while running advzip CONFIRM sourceforge.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1281-1] advancecomp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178973 Debian Security Update for advancecomp (DLA 2868-1)
  • 690379 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for advancecomp (0bf816f6-3cfe-11ec-86cd-dca632b19f10)

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