CVE-2022-37434

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2022-08-05 Modified: 2026-07-14

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).

Affected Platforms

Zlib ZlibNetapp H300S FirmwareNetapp Hci Compute NodeDebian Debian LinuxApple Iphone OsNetapp Management Services For Element SoftwareNetapp H700SApple MacosNetapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration UtilityNetapp H300S

Weakness Type

CWE-787, CWE-120

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/37
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/38
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/42
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1