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.
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"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2022-1271",
"imported": "2026-04-08T15:40:59.254Z",
"id": "CVE-2022-1271",
"modified": "2025-06-09T15:15:26.690Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1271",
"published": "2022-08-31T16:15:09.347Z"
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