An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files.

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-27 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

3.3

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.4%

percentile 73%

Public exploits

none known

An 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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	3.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`
NVD	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.0	3.3	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`
NVD	2.0	6.8	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Affected products

amadvance advancecomp:

Classification

Weakness

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
usn.ubuntu.com /3570-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
sourceforge.net /p/advancemame/bugs/259/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-1056
NVD: CVE-2018-1056

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