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CVE-2026-22184 (GCVE-0-2026-22184)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 ā Published: 2026-01-07 20:25 ā Updated: 2026-06-30 12:06 Disputed
VLAI?
Title
zlib <= 1.3.1.2 untgz Global Buffer Overflow in TGZfname()
Summary
zlib versions up to and including 1.3.1.2 include a global buffer overflow in the untgz utility located under contrib/untgz. The vulnerability is limited to the standalone demonstration utility and does not affect the core zlib compression library. The flaw occurs when a user executes the untgz command with an excessively long archive name supplied via the command line, leading to an out-of-bounds write in a fixed-size global buffer.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
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Affected:
0 , ā¤ 1.3.1.2
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Credits
Ron Edgerson
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