CVE-2010-0001
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
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 crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that uses LZW compression, leading to an array index error.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:MAccess ComplexityMedium
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:PIntegrityPartial
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=a3db5806d012082b9e25cc36d09f19cd736a468f
git.savannah.gnu.org
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
itrc.hp.com
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
kb.juniper.net
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Timeline
Published
Jan 29, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026
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