CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-7548

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Feb 27, 2018 | Modified: Mar 05, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In subst.c in zsh through 5.4.2, there is a NULL pointer dereference when using ${(PA)…} on an empty array result.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Zsh Zsh * 5.4.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References