Vulnerability in Zlib
CVE-2004-0797
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 38.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Zlib — versions 1.2.1
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/9361 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/9360 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17054 (third-party-advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html (vendor-advisory)