NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel
CVE-2005-2459
The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.046 (91.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/18056 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16500 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18059 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17826 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)