CVE-2004-0797
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).
02 Description
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.5% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2004-09-14 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-08-22
- 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
- ee725b7de7c6850b3b3d9ebb8d9fbcdf6e71d919e2b550f89357543443c3c7d3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com11051http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
- www.osvdb.org9361http://www.osvdb.org/9361
- www.osvdb.org9360http://www.osvdb.org/9360
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200408-26http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
- secunia.com17054http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:865http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comzlib-inflate-inflateback-dos(17119)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#238678http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2004:029http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
- securitytracker.com1011085http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:878http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:090http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
- secunia.com11129http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
- www.slackware.comSSA:2004-278http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2006.6ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
- secunia.com18377http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2043https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
- marc.info20040825 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.038] OpenPKG Security Advisory (zlib)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2004.17ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.1.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.1.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.1.1-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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