CVE-2005-1849
inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.
02 Description
inftrees.h in zlib 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid file that causes a large dynamic tree to be produced.
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
- 4.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% 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
- Important. 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
- 2005-07-26 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-06
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- 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
- b346c0a5ea6bb99bd392fc2b48056b5dad19c5a806eb6858eae66943f3a78dfa
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comzlib-codetable-dos(21456)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21456
- www.debian.orgDSA-1026http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026
- secunia.com19334http://secunia.com/advisories/19334
- www.debian.orgDSA-797http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797
- www.debian.orgDSA-763http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-763
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200509-18http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:196http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:196
- security.debian.orghttp://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zlib/zlib_1.2.2-4.sarge.2.diff.gz
- www.securityfocus.com20070404 VMSA-2007-0003 VMware ESX 3.0.1 and 3.0.0 server security updateshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntulinux.orgUSN-151-3http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-151-3
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200603-18http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-18.xml
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:584http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-584.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-9916286-patch.html
- secunia.com16137http://secunia.com/advisories/16137
- secunia.com31492http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11402https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11402
- www.osvdb.org18141http://www.osvdb.org/18141
- securitytracker.com1014540http://securitytracker.com/id?1014540
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:043http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_43_zlib.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:070http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:070
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0629http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1267http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3616065-patch.html
- secunia.com24788http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
- secunia.com17326http://secunia.com/advisories/17326
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2005-08-15http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
- secunia.com17516http://secunia.com/advisories/17516
- www.securityfocus.com14340http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14340
- secunia.com19597http://secunia.com/advisories/19597
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2006.6ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
- secunia.com19550http://secunia.com/advisories/19550
- secunia.com18377http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2005-08-17http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comFLSA:162680https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162680
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sash Fixed in 3.7-5sarge1
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.3-1
- zsync Fixed in 0.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sash Fixed in 3.7-5sarge1
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.3-1
- zsync Fixed in 0.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sash Fixed in 3.7-5sarge1
- zlib Fixed in 1:1.2.3-1
- zsync Fixed in 0.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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