| Name | CVE-2022-37434 |
| Description | 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3103-1, DSA-5218-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1016710 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libz-mingw-w64 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.11+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.2.13+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| zlib (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - libz-mingw-w64 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libz-mingw-w64 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/1eb7682f845ac9e9bf9ae35bbfb3bad5dacbd91d