CVE-2009-1391

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other…

published June 16, 2009

CVSS
—
EPSS
7%
Percentile
94.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.07441 · 94.4th percentile
Published
2009-06-16T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUN 23:00Z
    Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other…
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