CVE-2005-2096

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…

published July 6, 2005

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
92.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05627 · 92.9th percentile
Published
2005-07-06T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 JUL 04:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5