Vulnerability in Zlib
CVE-2005-2096
zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.056 (92.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Zlib — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17236 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482505/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24064 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/15949 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)