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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37434

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-37434 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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).

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12zlib0, 0, 0
Debian:14zlib0, 0, 0
Debian:13zlib0, 0, 0
Debian:11libz-mingw-w641.3.1+dfsg-1, 1.2.13+dfsg-1, 1.2.13+dfsg-1~bpo11+1
Debian:12libz-mingw-w640, 0, 0
Debian:13libz-mingw-w640, 0, 0
Debian:14libz-mingw-w640, 0, 0
Debian:11zlib0, 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u1, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 5, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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