High severity · published Mar 25, 2022
CVE-2018-25032
zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches
7.5
CVSS
51.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)51.7% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0 before 11.6.6; 12.0.0 before 12.4 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
ES
E-series Santricity OS Controller · Netapp
11.0.0 through 11.70.2 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35; 36 · source: NVD
GO
Gotoassist · Goto
before 11.9.18 · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25032
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25032
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/38
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/25/2
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/26/1
Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdf
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