Fedora 43 mingw-zlib Critical Buffer Overflow Fix FEDORA-2026-0aee6ab474
fedora
March 10, 2026
Update to 1.3.2.
Summary
MinGW Windows zlib compression library.
Update Information:
Update to 1.3.2.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Sun Mar 1 2026 Sandro Mani
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2427811 - CVE-2026-22184 mingw-zlib: zlib: Arbitrary code execution via buffer overflow in untgz utility [fedora-42]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427811
[ 2 ] Bug #2427827 - CVE-2026-22184 mingw-zlib: zlib: Arbitrary code execution via buffer overflow in untgz utility [fedora-43]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2427827
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-0aee6ab474' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: mingw-zlib
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 1.3.2
Release: 1.fc43
Summary: MinGW Windows zlib compression library
Topics Covered
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