CVE-2018-1071

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

zsh through version 5.4.2 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow in the exec.c:hashcmd() function. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1071

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1071.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed5.5-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed5.4.2-4
debian debianbullseyefixed5.4.2-4
debian debianforkyfixed5.4.2-4
debian debiansidfixed5.4.2-4
debian debiantrixiefixed5.4.2-4

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.