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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2018-7549 json

In params.c in zsh through 5.4.2, there is a crash during a copy of an empty hash table, as demonstrated by typeset -p.

published 2018-02-27 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19276

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In params.c in zsh through 5.4.2, there is a crash during a copy of an empty hash table, as demonstrated by typeset -p.

Patch / fix

  • zsh Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7549

  • zsh Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1
  • zsh Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7549

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  • zsh RHEL 7 5.0.2-31.el7
  • zsh-html RHEL 7 5.0.2-31.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3073

  • zsh SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 4.3.6-67.9.8.1
  • zsh SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 5.0.5-6.7.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:14910-1SUSE-SU-2018:1072-1

  • zsh Arch Linux 5.5-1

arch linux advisories AVG-642

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-7549 updated cvss 3.3

zsh: crash on copying empty hash table

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 zsh, zsh-html
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) zsh 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) zsh-html 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) zsh 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) zsh-html 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) zsh 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) zsh-html 5.0.2-31.el7
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) zsh 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) zsh-html 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) zsh 5.0.2-31.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) zsh-html 5.0.2-31.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3073
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 zsh Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 zsh, zsh-html
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.