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."

EPSS: 0.055 (91.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gzip — versions 1.3.5
  • N/a — versions n/a

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