CVE-2008-1678

Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published July 10, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05479 · 92.7th percentile
Published
2008-07-10T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 17:00Z
    Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
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