CVE-2018-5196
Alzip Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Alzip Stack Overflow Vulnerability
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-5196- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-16981
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2018-16981- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35h6-9g28-r76q
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking....
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.
- Record
GHSA-35h6-9g28-r76q- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Alzip 10.76.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to a stack overflow caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted LZH archive file, a attacker could execute arbitrary code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-5196- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-5196 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Estsoft Alzip, published December 21, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.