CVE-2022-1271

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-09-01. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 4%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
90.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 31, 2022

Last Modified

June 9, 2025

References (18)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-1271(14)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(18)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntugzip-win32 (1.10-4ubuntu1.1) @ impish2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntuxzdec (5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1) @ xenial2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntuxzdec (5.2.5-2ubuntu0.1) @ impish2026-05-25ubuntu
ubuntugzip (1.6-4ubuntu1+esm1) @ xenial2026-05-25ubuntu
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.3.23-20220622.0.el7_92022-07-01redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.2-2.el7_92022-06-15redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.4-4.el8_12022-06-13redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.4-4.el8_22022-06-13redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.4-4.el8_62022-06-13redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.4-4.el8_42022-06-13redhat
redhatxz-0:5.2.5-8.el9_02022-06-08redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.5.0-202205291010_8.62022-06-03redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.10-9.el9_02022-05-17redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.5-11.el7_92022-05-11redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.9-13.el8_42022-05-03redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.9-10.el8_22022-05-02redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.9-10.el8_12022-04-26redhat
redhatgzip-0:1.9-13.el8_52022-04-26redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-1271?
CVE-2022-1271 is a high vulnerability published on August 31, 2022. An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation…
When was CVE-2022-1271 disclosed?
CVE-2022-1271 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 31, 2022, with the most recent update on June 9, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-1271 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-1271 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 90.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-1271?
CVE-2022-1271 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-1271?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-1271, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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