diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/CVE-2022-37434.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/CVE-2022-37434.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dc84d3a1d3856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/CVE-2022-37434.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From eff308af425b67093bab25f80f1ae950166bece1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mark Adler <fork@madler.net>
+Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 15:51:11 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix a bug when getting a gzip header extra field with
+ inflate().
+
+If the extra field was larger than the space the user provided with
+inflateGetHeader(), and if multiple calls of inflate() delivered
+the extra header data, then there could be a buffer overflow of the
+provided space. This commit assures that provided space is not
+exceeded.
+---
+ inflate.c | 5 +++--
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/inflate.c b/inflate.c
+index 7be8c6366..7a7289749 100644
+--- a/inflate.c
++++ b/inflate.c
+@@ -763,9 +763,10 @@ int flush;
+                 copy = state->length;
+                 if (copy > have) copy = have;
+                 if (copy) {
++                    len = state->head->extra_len - state->length;
+                     if (state->head != Z_NULL &&
+-                        state->head->extra != Z_NULL) {
+-                        len = state->head->extra_len - state->length;
++                        state->head->extra != Z_NULL &&
++                        len < state->head->extra_max) {
+                         zmemcpy(state->head->extra + len, next,
+                                 len + copy > state->head->extra_max ?
+                                 state->head->extra_max - len : copy);
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
index 1527be44f7a79..a51fec31c14a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zlib/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     # TODO: remove the patch if upstream releases https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/ec3df00224d4b396e2ac6586ab5d25f673caa4c2
     # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/170539 for history.
     ./comprehensive-crc-validation-for-wrong-implementations.patch
+    ./CVE-2022-37434.patch
   ];
 
   strictDeps = true;