CVE-2010-0001
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-01-29 18:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9c49a64d31002ab8e8299019367efbe058c748fe4105de7e223e788e5c75920
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com38220http://secunia.com/advisories/38220
- secunia.com40655http://secunia.com/advisories/40655
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0185http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
- ncompress.sourceforge.nethttp://ncompress.sourceforge.net/#status
- itrc.hp.comSSRT100018http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-889-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10546https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10546
- securitytracker.com1023490http://securitytracker.com/id?1023490
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1872http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1872
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554418
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=a3db5806d012082b9e25cc36d09f19cd736a468f
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1974http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:020http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
- secunia.com40689http://secunia.com/advisories/40689
- secunia.com40551http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7511https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7511
- secunia.com38223http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
- savannah.gnu.orghttp://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6153
- www.debian.orgDSA-2074http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1796http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0061http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0061.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:019http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:019
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:152http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:152
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- secunia.com38225http://secunia.com/advisories/38225
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- secunia.com38232http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
- www.osvdb.org61869http://www.osvdb.org/61869
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-9
- ncompress Fixed in 4.2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-9
- ncompress Fixed in 4.2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.12-9
- ncompress Fixed in 4.2.4.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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