CyRC Vulnerability Analysis: CVE-2022-1271 in gzip, but it's not as bad as it sounds
CVE-2022-1271 is a new vulnerability affecting gzip, a widely used open source component for archiving, compressing, and decompressing files. CVE-2022-1271, also tracked in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™ as BDSA-2022-0958, is a bug in gzip, a file format and software application used for archiving, compressing, and decompressing files.