CVE-2016-10714

Publication date 27 February 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
zsh 17.10 artful
Fixed 5.2-5ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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