CVE 1.7 LOW

zlib: Buffer Overflow in Zlib::GzipReader ungetc via large input leads to memory corruption_CVE-2026-27820

1.7 / 10
LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Description

zlib is a Ruby interface for the zlib compression/decompression library. Versions 3.0.0 and below, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Zlib::GzipReader. The zstream_buffer_ungets function prepends caller-provided bytes ahead of previously produced output but fails to guarantee the backing Ruby string has enough capacity before the memmove shifts the existing data. This can lead to memory corruption when the buffer length exceeds capacity. This issue has been fixed in versions 3.0.1, 3.1.2 and 3.2.3.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-27820
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 16, 2026 at 17:27
Modified Apr 16, 2026 at 18:20

Affected Product

Vendor ruby
Product zlib
Version < 3.0.1
Affected Versions ruby zlib < 3.0.1
ruby zlib >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.2
ruby zlib >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.3

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