CVE-2005-2096

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-06 · updated 2026-07-14

Description

zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.

Affected products

zlib: 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
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/15949
http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
http://secunia.com/advisories/17225
http://secunia.com/advisories/17236
http://secunia.com/advisories/17326
http://secunia.com/advisories/17516
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377

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