CVE-2026-76844

Description

zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 contains a heap buffer overflow: after an underlying write() fails, gz_write() returns without resetting strm.next_in, leaving it pointed at the caller's buffer. A later gz* write call then derives a position from the stale pointer and writes past a heap allocation; any write() failure reaches it, including EPIPE on a blocking descriptor, and in versions before 1.3.1.2 the failed write must be followed by a gzclearerr() call.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148

https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393

https://github.com/madler/zlib

https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-64850

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-p3f5-w63m-mxphNamed Vulnerability: GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c

Risk Information

CVSS v2

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