CVE-2018-1100
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the utils.c:checkmailpath function. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code in the context of another user.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.53%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 43
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (5)
CWEs
- CWE-120
- CWE-787
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563395
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3764-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3073
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563395
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00000.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-10
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/31f72205630687c1cef89347863aab355296a27f/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3764-1/
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