CVE-2026-42442 PUBLISHED

NanaZip: Null-pointer dereference in NanaZip UFS parser when root inode is a symlink

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 27.04.2026 Published: 12.05.2026 Updated: 12.05.2026

NanaZip is an open source file archive. From 5.0.1252.0 to before 6.0.1698.0, a null-pointer dereference exists in the UFS/UFS2 filesystem image parser in NanaZip. The vulnerability is triggered when opening a crafted UFS image where the root inode (inode 2) is set to IFLNK (symlink) instead of IFDIR (directory). The parser unconditionally treats the root inode as a directory without checking its type, and when the symlink has an embedded target (small di_size), the directory data buffer is zero-length, causing a null-pointer dereference on the first read. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.0.1698.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 3.3

Product Status

Vendor M2Team
Product NanaZip
Versions
  • Version >= 5.0.1250.0, < 6.0.1698.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference CWE