CVE-2004-0797

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

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).

Affected products

zlib: 1.2.1

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678

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