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CVE-2004-0797

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Description

The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119

https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051

http://www.osvdb.org/9361

http://www.osvdb.org/9360

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/18377

http://secunia.com/advisories/17054

http://secunia.com/advisories/11129

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-10-20

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01709

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