Vulnerability in Gzip
CVE-2006-4335
Array index error in the make_table function in unlzh.c in the LZH decompression component in gzip 1.3.5, when running on certain platforms, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GZIP archive that triggers an out-of-bounds write, aka a "stack modification vulnerability."
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: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gzip — versions 1.3.5
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4760 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23679 (third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-24.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24435 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22085 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22043 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htm
- secunia.com/advisories/22487 (third-party-advisory)