CVE-2005-2096
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2005-07-06
- Last modified
- 2026-07-14
Affected products
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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18507
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014398
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101989-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-016.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-740
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680620
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:112
