CVE-2014-10071

zsh: buffer overflow for very long fds in >& fd syntax

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 6, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the zsh shell file descriptor redirection functionality. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service by crashing the user shell.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')