CVE-2009-1391

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

Paul Marquess Compress-Raw-Zlib Perl Module: through 2.015; 2.001, 2.002, 2.003, 2.004, 2.005, 2.006 (+6)

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/55041
http://secunia.com/advisories/35422
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307

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