CVE-2001-1228: GNU Gzip

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflows in gzip 1.3x, 1.2.4, and other versions might allow attackers to execute code via a long file name, possibly remotely if gzip is run on an FTP server.

Affected products

• GNU Gzip: version 1.2.4 only; version 1.2.4a only; version 1.3 only

Published 2001-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.