CVE-2005-2096 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Zlib
12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
43.0%
top 2.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 6
Latest updateMay 3
Description
zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4