# CVE-2018-1056: An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files.

- Severity: CVSS 3.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- amadvance advancecomp:: 2.1-2018/02

## Description

An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on amadvance advancecomp:, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00034.html

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