CVE-2014-10072: Zsh Project Zsh

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In utils.c in zsh before 5.0.6, there is a buffer overflow when scanning very long directory paths for symbolic links.

Affected products

• Zsh Project Zsh: before 5.0.6 (fixed in 5.0.6)

Published 2018-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.