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CVE-2026-22184

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-01-07 Modified: 2026-07-15

Description

zlib versions up to and including 1.3.1.2 include a global buffer overflow in the untgz utility located under contrib/untgz. The vulnerability is limited to the standalone demonstration utility and does not affect the core zlib compression library. The flaw occurs when a user executes the untgz command with an excessively long archive name supplied via the command line, leading to an out-of-bounds write in a fixed-size global buffer.

Affected Platforms

Zlib Zlib

Weakness Type

CWE-787, CWE-787, CWE-120

References