CVE-2022-37434: Buffer Overflow

Published Aug 5, 2022
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Updated

A security vulnerability was found in zlib. The flaw triggered a heap-based buffer in inflate in the inflate.c function via a large gzip header extra field. This flaw is only applicable in the call inflateGetHeader.

Other sources

Accelerate Framework. A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

APFS. An access issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.

— Apple

Apple Neural Engine. The issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

Apple TV. The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches.

— Apple

AppleAVD. A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved state management.

— Apple

Credit

Evgeny Legerov, an anonymous researcher, CVE-2022-28739, Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Rohit Chatterjee(University of Illinois Urbana), Justin Bui@@slyd0g(Snowflake), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), Cristian Dinca(Tudor Vianu National High School of Computer Science of), Om kothawade(Zaprico Digital), Andrew Goldberg(The McCombs School of Business), The University(Texas at Austin), Felix Poulin-Belanger, Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Trend Micro), CVE-2021-36690, Adam Chester(TrustedSec), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-0629, CVE-2022-0685, CVE-2022-0696, CVE-2022-0714, CVE-2022-0729, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1381, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1725, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1620, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629, CVE-2022-1674, CVE-2022-1733, CVE-2022-1735, CVE-2022-1769, CVE-2022-1927, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968, CVE-2022-1851, CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1898, CVE-2022-1720, CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2042, CVE-2022-2124, CVE-2022-2125, CVE-2022-2126, Francisco Alonso@@revskills, P1umer@@p1umer, afang@@afang5472, xmzyshypnc@@xmzyshypnc1, Jeonghoon Shin at Theori@@singi21a(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Jihwan Kim@@gPayl0ad, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun, Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(SSD Labs), Abdulrahman Alqabandi(Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research), Ryan Shin(IAAI SecLab at Korea University), Dohyun Lee@@l33d0hyun(DNSLab at Korea University), Wonyoung Jung@@nonetype_pwn(KAIST Hacking Lab), Yonghwi Jin at Theori@@jinmo123(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), 楼梦想改造家@@18(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), @@jq0904(DBAppSecurity's WeBin lab), Jeff Johnson, Wang Yu(Cyberserval), Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Kshitij Kumar(Crowdstrike), Jai Musunuri(Crowdstrike), CVE-2022-32205, CVE-2022-32206, CVE-2022-32207, CVE-2022-32208, Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), Tommy Muir@@Muirey03, Jiří Vinopal@@vinopaljiri(Check Point Research), Sonali Luthar(the University of Virginia), Michael Liao(the University of Illinois at Urbana), Rohan Pahwa(Rutgers University), (University of Florida), Bao Nguyen(University of Florida), Bistrit Dahal, Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Ron Masas (breakpoint.sh)(BreakPoint Technologies LTD), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927, Asahi Lina@@LinaAsahi, Yutao Wang@@Jack, Yu Zhou@@yuzhou6666, Evgeny Legerov(Intevydis), Joshua Jones, Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, Mickey Jin@@patch1t, CVE-2022-1622, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic, Peter Pan ZhenPeng(STAR Labs), Tingting Yin(Tsinghua University), Zweig(Kunlun Lab), Ian Beer(Google Project Zero), Tim Michaud@@TimGMichaud(Moveworks), Xinru Chi(Pangu Lab), John Aakerblom@@jaakerblom, Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), Ron Masas(breakpointhq), Xingwei Lin@@xwlin_roy(Ant Security Light), Yinyi Wu(Ant Security Light), CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2022-29458, Gustav Hansen(WithSecure), Ubeydullah Sümer, Ezekiel Elin, Ashwani Rajput(Nagarro Software Pvt), Srijan Shivam Mishra(The Hack Report), Jugal Goradia(Aastha Technologies), Evan Ricafort (evanricafort.com)(Invalid Web Security), Shesha Sai C (linkedin.com/in/shesha-sai-c-18585b125)(Pune), (Pune), Amod Raghunath Patwardhan(Pune), India, Yinyi Wu(Google Project Zero), ABC Research s.r.o(Google Project Zero), Natalie Silvanovich(Google Project Zero), Tommaso Bianco@@cutesmilee__, Antonio Zekic@@antoniozekic(Google Project Zero), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Anonymous(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), ABC Research s.r.o., Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Jonathan Zhang(Open Computing Facility), David Hoyt(Hoyt LLC), Guilherme Rambo(Best Buddy Apps), Halle Winkler@@hallewinkler(Politepix), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Arsenii Kostromin, Mohamed Ghannam@@_simo36, ryuzaki, Dr Hideaki Goto(Tohoku University), Japan, IES Red Team(ByteDance), Mir Masood Ali(Illinois at Chicago), PhD student(Illinois at Chicago), University(Illinois at Chicago), MS student(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Mohammad Ghasemisharif(Illinois at Chicago), PhD Candidate(Illinois at Chicago), Associate Professor(Illinois at Chicago), Stony Brook University; Jason Polakis(Illinois at Chicago), Willy R. Vasquez(The University of Texas at Austin)

Affected Software

60 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.7-21.el7_9
0:1.2.7-21.el7_9
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.11-19.el8_6
0:1.2.11-19.el8_6
redhat/rsync<0:3.1.3-19.el8
0:3.1.3-19.el8
redhat/zlib<0:1.2.11-32.el9_0
0:1.2.11-32.el9_0
redhat/rsync<0:3.2.3-18.el9
0:3.2.3-18.el9
debian/zlib<=1:1.2.11.dfsg-1, <=1:1.2.11.dfsg-4, <=1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u1
1:1.2.11.dfsg-4.11:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7.1
11.7.1
debian/libz-mingw-w64<=1.2.11+dfsg-2
1.2.13+dfsg-11.3.1+dfsg-2
debian/zlib
1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u21:1.2.13.dfsg-11:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1
Apple WatchOS<9.1
9.1
Apple macOS Monterey<12.6.1
12.6.1
Apple macOS Ventura<13
13
IBM Cognos Analytics<=12.0.0-12.0.4
IBM Cognos Analytics<=11.2.0-11.2.4 FP5
Apple iOS<16.1
16.1
Apple iPadOS<16
16
Apple iOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
Apple iPadOS<15.7.1
15.7.1
zlib zlib<=1.2.12
Fedoraproject Fedora=35
Fedoraproject Fedora=36
Fedoraproject Fedora=37
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows
NetApp Hci
NetApp Management Services For Element Software
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
NetApp Storagegrid
NetApp Hci Compute Node
NetApp H300s Firmware
NetApp H300s
NetApp H500s Firmware
NetApp H500s
NetApp H700s Firmware
NetApp H700s
Apple iPadOS<15.7.1
Apple iPhone OS<15.7.1
Apple iPhone OS>=16.0<16.1
Apple macOS>=11.0<11.7.1
Apple macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.1
Apple WatchOS<9.1
Stormshield Stormshield Network Security>=3.7.31<3.7.34
Stormshield Stormshield Network Security>=3.11.0<3.11.22
Stormshield Stormshield Network Security>=4.3.0<4.3.16
Stormshield Stormshield Network Security>=4.6.0<4.6.3
All of the following
NetApp H300s Firmware
NetApp H300s
All of the following
NetApp H500s Firmware
NetApp H500s
All of the following
NetApp H700s Firmware
NetApp H700s
Microsoft cm1 zlib 1.2.12-2
Patch available
Microsoft azl3 crash 8.0.4-2
Patch available
Microsoft azl3 teckit 2.5.12-4
Patch available
Microsoft azl3 cloud-hypervisor-cvm 38.0.72-2
Patch available
Microsoft azl3 cloud-hypervisor-cvm 38.0.72.2-1
Patch available
Microsoft azl3 crash 8.0.4-1
Patch available
Microsoft cbl2 zlib 1.2.12-2
Patch available

Remediation

Patch Available

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/09/1

Patch Available

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1

Patch Available

https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/commit/788f11ea6afeb96f0d84f140192165a1ca12ade4

Patch Available

https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/commit/9e2921fce8c518e370c324407d35bc83ba12f2d5

Patch Available

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/1eb7682f845ac9e9bf9ae35bbfb3bad5dacbd91d

Event History

Aug 5, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Aug 9, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·06:16 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Aug 12, 2022
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·07:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Apr 16, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·02:05 PM
Description
Sep 15, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·02:30 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2022-37434.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-37434?

The severity of CVE-2022-37434 is critical with a severity value of 9.8.

3

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2022-37434?

Software versions including Zlib Zlib up to and including 1.2.12, Apple macOS Monterey up to and including 12.6.1, Apple iOS up to and including 16.1, Apple iPadOS up to and including 16, Apple watchOS up to and including 9.1, Redhat zlib up to and including 1.2.7-21.el7_9 and 1.2.11-19.el8_6, Redhat rsync up to and including 3.1.3-19.el8 and 3.2.3-18.el9, Fedora up to and including version 37, Debian Debian Linux up to and including 10.0, Stormshield Stormshield Network Security up to and including 4.6.3, and IBM Security Guardium up to and including 11.3 are affected by CVE-2022-37434.

4

How can I fix CVE-2022-37434?

To fix CVE-2022-37434, update to the following versions: Zlib Zlib 1.2.12 or later, Apple macOS Monterey 12.6.1 or later, Apple iOS 16.1 or later, Apple iPadOS 16 or later, Apple watchOS 9.1 or later, Redhat zlib 1.2.7-21.el7_9 or 1.2.11-19.el8_6, Redhat rsync 3.1.3-19.el8 or 3.2.3-18.el9, Fedora 38 or later, Debian Debian Linux 10.1 or later, Stormshield Stormshield Network Security 4.6.4 or later, and IBM Security Guardium 12 or later.

5

Are there any references available for more information about CVE-2022-37434?

Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2022-37434 at the following references: [Link 1](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/75b68c6e4db515f76df73af476eccf382bbcb00a/deps/zlib/inflate.c#L762-L764), [Link 2](https://github.com/ivd38/zlib_overflow), [Link 3](https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1).

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