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CVE-2014-10072

zsh: buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (medium), Oracle (medium), Ubuntu (medium), Red Hat (low).

Description

In utils.c in zsh before 5.0.6, there is a buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1zsh, zsh-debuginfo, zsh-html5.0.2-31.17.amzn1
debian 11zsh5.0.6-1
debian 12zsh5.0.6-1
debian 13zsh5.0.6-1
debian 14zsh5.0.6-1
debian 7zsh4.3.17-1+deb7u1
echozsh5.0.6-1
Oracle Linux 6zsh, zsh-html4.3.11-8.el6
Oracle Linux 7zsh, zsh-html5.0.2-31.el7
ubuntu 14.04zsh5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1
ubuntu 17.10zsh5.2-5ubuntu1.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1zsh5.0.2-31.17.amzn1
amazon linux 1zsh-debuginfo5.0.2-31.17.amzn1
amazon linux 1zsh-html5.0.2-31.17.amzn1
debian 11zsh5.0.6-1
debian 12zsh5.0.6-1
debian 13zsh5.0.6-1
debian 14zsh5.0.6-1
debian 7zsh4.3.17-1+deb7u1
echozsh5.0.6-1
Oracle Linux 6zsh4.3.11-8.el6
Oracle Linux 6zsh-html4.3.11-8.el6
Oracle Linux 7zsh5.0.2-31.el7
Oracle Linux 7zsh-html5.0.2-31.el7
ubuntu 14.04zsh5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1
ubuntu 17.10zsh5.2-5ubuntu1.1

References

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