CVE-2005-1849

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.

Affected products

zlib: 1.2.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137
http://secunia.com/advisories/17326
http://secunia.com/advisories/17516
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
http://secunia.com/advisories/19334
http://secunia.com/advisories/19550
http://secunia.com/advisories/19597
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
http://secunia.com/advisories/31492

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