Vulnerability in Gzip

CVE-2006-4336

Buffer underflow in the build_tree function in unpack.c in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted leaf count table that causes a write to a negative index.

EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

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

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