# CVE-2024-22857: Heap based buffer flow in zlog v1.1.0 to v1.2.17 in zlog\_rule\_new().The size of record\_name is MAXLEN\_PATH(1024) + 1 but file\_path may have

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap based buffer flow in zlog v1.1.0 to v1.2.17 in zlog_rule_new().The size of record_name is MAXLEN_PATH(1024) + 1 but file_path may have data upto MAXLEN_CFG_LINE(MAXLEN_PATH*4) + 1. So a check was missing in zlog_rule_new() while copying the record_name from file_path + 1 which caused the buffer overflow. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite the zlog_record_fn record_func function pointer to get arbitrary code execution or potentially cause remote code execution (RCE).

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## References

- https://github.com/HardySimpson/zlog/
- https://github.com/HardySimpson/zlog/blob/1a7b1a6fb956b92a4079ccc91f30da21f34ca063/src/rule.h#L30
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2024022842
- https://github.com/HardySimpson/zlog/pull/251
- https://www.ebryx.com/blogs/arbitrary-code-execution-in-zlog-cve-2024-22857

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