6.8

CVE-2010-0001: gnu gzip Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2010:0061DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0001DSA-2074-1
Published 29-01-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0001 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in gnu gzip. EPSS estimates a 4.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-1974-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10059-1

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • gzip< 1.3.12-9
  • ncompress< 4.2.4.3-1 | < 4.2.4.2-1+lenny1
Redhat2 products
  • gzip< 0:1.3.3-15.rhel3 | < 0:1.3.3-18.el4_8.1 | < 0:1.3.5-11.el5_4.1
  • gzip-debuginfo< 0:1.3.3-15.rhel3 | < 0:1.3.3-18.el4_8.1 | < 0:1.3.5-11.el5_4.1
Gnu1 product
  • gzip≤ 1.3.13 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.4a | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.12

3 vendors · 5 products

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