CVE-2022-37434

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-08-05

Description

zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g., see the nodejs/node reference).

See more information about CVE-2022-37434 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	9.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (zlib)	ELSA-2022-9988	2022-11-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (zlib)	ELSA-2022-9987	2022-11-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (zlib)	ELSA-2023-1095	2023-03-08
Oracle Linux version 8 (rsync)	ELSA-2022-7793	2022-11-15
Oracle Linux version 8 (zlib)	ELSA-2022-7106	2022-10-26
Oracle Linux version 9 (rsync)	ELSA-2022-8291	2022-11-22
Oracle Linux version 9 (zlib)	ELSA-2022-7314	2022-11-02

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