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CVE-2014-10072

zsh: buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 20, 2014

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the zsh shell symbolic link resolver. A local, unprivileged user can create a specially crafted directory path which leads to a buffer overflow in the context of the user trying to do symbolic link resolution in the aforementioned path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition on the target.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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