CVE-2004-0797

N/A Unknown
Published: October 20, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/9360
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/9361
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/9360
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/9361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.1%
84th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

zlib