CVE-2003-0107
Buffer overflow in the gzprintf function in zlib 1.1.4, when zlib is compiled without vsnprintf or when long inputs are truncated using vsnprintf, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the gzprintf function in zlib 1.1.4, when zlib is compiled without vsnprintf or when long inputs are truncated using vsnprintf, allows attackers to cause a denial of service or
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 25.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-02-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 03bd954598d9961efdd7a14d1cd13b74a6debc7966ae37724c15ba5b807c432b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comhttp://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
- jvn.jpJVN#78689801http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN78689801/index.html
- jvndb.jvn.jpJVNDB-2015-000066http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2015/JVNDB-2015-000066.html
- www.mandrakesoft.comMDKSA-2003:033http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:033
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2003-004ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-004.txt.asc
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:081http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-081.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:079http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-079.html
- marc.infoGLSA-200303-25http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104887247624907&w=2
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2003-011.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-011.0.txt
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#142121http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/142121
- marc.info20030224 Re: buffer overrun in zlib 1.1.4http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610536129508&w=2
- sunsolve.sun.com57405http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F57405
- www.osvdb.org6599http://www.osvdb.org/6599
- marc.info20030225 [sorcerer-spells] ZLIB-SORCERER2003-02-25http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104620610427210&w=2
- online.securityfocus.com20030222 buffer overrun in zlib 1.1.4http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/312869
- distro.conectiva.comCLSA-2003:619http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000619
- www.securityfocus.com6913http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6913
- www.iss.netzlib-gzprintf-bo(11381)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11381.php
- marc.info20030223 poc zlib sploit just for fun :)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104610337726297&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.1.4-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.1.4-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.1.4-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.